Saturday, September 29, 2007

Insulting Turkishness

Two of the police Turkish officers photographed proudly with Hrant Dink's murderer, holding a Turkish flag are on trial. One for "abusing his office by allowing acts unbefitting state officials and leading to the impression that there was sympathy for Samast's action," and the other for "violating the secrecy of the investigation" by leaking the images to the media. They should both be charged with the same article 301 that Hrant Dink was convicted of, the publicity of which led to his murder. Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code of course is the infamous law outlawing "insulting Turkishness". If these two sons of bitches posing proudly with a murderer and a Turkish flag aren't an insult to Turkishness, and those simply telling 92 year old truths are, then perhaps simply being Turkish is an insult.

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Blogger rupen j said...

YASSOU RAFFI...four words for you after I read this CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE...

12:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Raffi you are asking for miracles...
A zebra cannot shed the stripes from his hide, no more then a wolf can befriend a lamb!
Turkey has so far resisted moderating 301, never mind cancelling it.
Only an internal upheaval in Turkey might redress past injustices!
Independent Kurdistan is Turkey's nightmare. Maybe one day it may come to pass.
Keep up the good work.
Garo Bey

8:01 AM  

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