Turkish writer cleared of insult
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Turkish author Ipek Calislar is acquitted of insulting modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Christian pastor Behnan Konutgan knows a little about religious tolerance in Turkey.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - 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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A protester who went on trial to air his grievances in a planning row is cleared of causing Â£30,000 damage.
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Turkish newspapers were for the most part jubilant Wednesday after a government-opposition deal resulted in the axing Tuesday of a motion to make adultery a jailable offense in the country&#39;s new penal code.
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JAKARTA The editor of Indonesia&#39;s leading news magazine was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison for libel. The sentence was greeted with derisive jeers in the Central Jakarta District Court and condemned
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A Turkish court has acquitted a prize-winning author of charges of insulting the nation in a book about the massacres of Armenians during World War I, saving the government from a fresh embarrassment in its bid to join the European Union.
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Turkish author Ipek Calislar goes on trial accused of insulting Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Harsh words flew Monday between the European Union and Turkey, which announced it had dropped reforms to ban honor killings, The Times of London said.
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A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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The Hamas-led Education Ministry lifts a ban on a Palestinian folktale book following public outcry.
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A writer went on trial Thursday on charges of insulting the founder of modern Turkey in a biography about the revered late leader's wife, amid growing calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.
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The Turkish government says it will change a controversial law restricting freedom of expression.
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Insult Islam at your peril An Egyptian blogger found guilty of insulting both Islam and the country's president has been jailed for four years, Reuters reports.â¦
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A Nobel winning novelist is among the alleged hit list of targets singled out for speaking about Turkey's treatment of its minorities
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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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A Turkish professor faces five years in jail if found guilty of insulting Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.