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Teen Thomas Strong Strips Naked Before Ataturk Statue, Deported

British teenager Thomas Strong, 19, was deported from Turkey after arrested for stripping naked and swearing in front of an Ataturk Statue. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey, and acts of insulting Ataturk is punishable by imprisonment. ...

created by Scott Wu | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago
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steffanileman

Obama Mends Strained Relations With Turkey

Visit May Signal Historic Shift In U.S. Middle East Policy In spite of efforts to turn the clock and transform Turkey back to a an Islamic country that the West can live with, the fact...

opinion by steffanileman | 33 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Re: Inside Story - Turkey's division - 01 Apr 08 - Part 2

Amy Judd

Turkey's ruling party escapes ban

The ruling AK party in Turkey is not going to be banned, according to Turkey's Constitutional Court. The party was accused of undermining the country's secular system."But the judges did cut half the AKP's...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

http://ataturk.bz/wordpress/category/ataturk-kemalism/your can read anything about Mustafa kemal Ataturk

created by nyturk | 1 year ago
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Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban

Turkey had overreacted and banned access to YouTube after a video appeared that made fun of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of Turkey; "insulting Turkishness" is actually a crime in Turkey. The rationale for this particular policy reversal may well be tied with Turkey's...

created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago
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broadcasterTR

"Turkishness" or Freedom of Expression: Turkeys long Path into the EU

"Four Turks have been acquitted of insulting "Turkishness" in their translation of a book by prominent American writer Noam Chomsky."

created by conneticutkati | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Soccer Players at Risk for Mouth, Face Injuries

"Amateur soccer players suffer a surprisingly high number of face and mouth injuries, a new report finds. Oral surgeons at Ataturk University in Erzurum, Turkey, reviewed 53 cases of mouth, jaw, and facial injuries they treated over the course of a year. Of those 53 cases, 11...