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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Turkish columnist facing trial

Turkish authorities have accused Abdurrahman Dilipak, a columnist for the Islamic newspaper Anadolu'da Vakit, with denigrating the armed forces in an article headlined "Religious cloak and turban". The court will require permission from the country's interior minister to try the case using the controversial new offence of "denigrating the Turkish nation, the state of the Turkish republic and its institutions and organs." (Via IFEX)

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