Turkey acquits writer amid EU criticism
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A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted a writer of insulting the country's founder amid calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.
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ISTANBUL, Sept. 21 -- A leading Turkish author was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" in a novel that touches on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
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Even if the pontiff sidesteps volatile Christianity-Islam controversies, Turks were angered by his skepticism over their place in the European Union
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The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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There is a chorus of approval in Turkey's papers that its bid to join the EU is back on course after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed down over banning adultery.
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Europe's newspapers analyse the furore over an outspoken EU commissioner and Spain's apparent transatlantic snub
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Turkish commentators Friday hailed the successful end to a sudden crisis over a key reform package which had threatened to derail the country&#39;s much-coveted EU bid, but jibed at the government for failing to avert the turmoil.
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Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country's largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.
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The editor of the respected daily Izvestia was dismissed on Monday after shareholders complained about the newspaper&#39;s weekend coverage of the bloody end to the school siege in southern Russia.
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Foreign Office official accused of leaking documents to the New Statesman and the Observer cleared
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A prominent Turkish politician was convicted Friday of breaching Swiss anti-racism laws by saying that the early 20th-century killing of Armenians could not be described as genocide. The Turkish foreign ministry reacted swiftly to the decision, saying in a statement that it was saddened by the Swiss court's ruling to punish Dogu Perincek, leader of the Turkish Workers' Party, and to ignore "his freedom of expression."
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The editorÂs blog was shut down after he was accused of being involved in anonymously attacking readers who criticized his posts.
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Turkey's government pulls a crucial legal reform package from debate  amid controversy over an adultery clause.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed to sanction Turkey for failing to respect its trade obligations to Cyprus by slowing down Ankara's membership talks, the bloc's presidency said.
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Bootiful Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube late on Friday after the video clip insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country's modern founder, was removed.â¦
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Russian authorities expelled a Moldovan journalist critical of the Kremlin on Sunday in a move condemned by media watchdogs.
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A European Union commissioner Wednesday recommended partially suspending membership talks with Turkey to protest Ankara's continued refusal to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.Comment