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Title: Famous transsexual Turkish singer sued for “alienating people from military serv
Post by: Shana A on May 10, 2008, 12:52:18 PM
Post by: Shana A on May 10, 2008, 12:52:18 PM
Famous transsexual Turkish singer sued for "alienating people from military service"
http://gayarmenia.blogspot.com/2008/05/famous-transsexual-turkish-singer-sued.html (http://gayarmenia.blogspot.com/2008/05/famous-transsexual-turkish-singer-sued.html)
Turkey's penal code definitely does not suffer from the lack of articles restricting freedom of expression.
And it is not only that infamous article 301 on "denigrating Turkishness" which recently underwent cosmetic changes only. There is also article 318 on "alienating people from military service" under which a famous transsexual Turkish singer Bülent Ersoy is being sued now.
http://gayarmenia.blogspot.com/2008/05/famous-transsexual-turkish-singer-sued.html (http://gayarmenia.blogspot.com/2008/05/famous-transsexual-turkish-singer-sued.html)
Turkey's penal code definitely does not suffer from the lack of articles restricting freedom of expression.
And it is not only that infamous article 301 on "denigrating Turkishness" which recently underwent cosmetic changes only. There is also article 318 on "alienating people from military service" under which a famous transsexual Turkish singer Bülent Ersoy is being sued now.