301ST SECTION OF TURKISH CRIMINAL CODE IS NOT A GROUND TO WITCH-HUNT, TURKISH POLITICIAN THINKS

Arminfo.
2010-03-23 13:52:00

Arminfo. The 301st section of the Turkish Criminal Code is not a ground
to witch-hunt the people, which recognize the fact of the Armenian
genocide in 1915, chairman of the Turkish Liberal and Democratic Party,
Cem Toker, told journalists in Yerevan.

‘The 301-st section is applied only regarding the people which condemn
or criticize the authorities’, – he said.

To note, 6745 cases were initiated in Turkey according to the 301-st
section over the last 5 years and 754 people were punished. Dozens
of Turkish writers were blamed for the public statements about
the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915. Actually, the
section is used by the authorities to make a dead-set at journalists,
scientists and any other citizens of Turkey, the viewpoint of which
does not meet the official one.