TURKEY STATES READINESS TO MAKE CHANGES IN CRIMINAL CODE
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.11.2006 15:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Government of Turkey has stated its readiness
to change article 301 of the Criminal Code. Turkish PM Recep
Erdogan stated the Government is ready to introduce changes in
article 301, which provides for criminal penalty for "insulting
Turkishness." "Lately the article on criminal penalty for insulting
Turkishness rouses much censure by the EU. We should reconsider it and
make more specific for it to comply with international legal norms,"
the Turkish PM said. The article 301 of the Criminal Code of Turkey
provides for criminal penalty for mentioning the Armenian Genocide,
reports Mediamax.