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A protest action against 301st article took place in Turkey
24.02.2007 14:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday a civil disobedience action was held in
Turkey against the 301st article of the Penal Code. 10 members of
`Strong Turkey’ not numerous party are going to sound Orhan Pamuk’s
and slain Hrant Dink’s statements that, according to 301st article,
were qualified as `insulting Turkishness’. A similar protest action is
scheduled for the next week with participation of other 10 members of
the same party. The chairman of `Strong Turkey’ said, that their
actions will continue until the controversial article is revised. `We
do not want to see Turkey stuck in mud,’ he stressed `Azg’ reports.
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