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A Comparative Analysis Of The Recent Issues Regarding The Freedom Of The Press And Freedom Of Expression In Turkey: Supremacy Of The Turkish Constitution Or Criminal Law?, Ilyas Golcuklu
ILYAS GOLCUKLU
Recent developments in Turkey have created legal criticism and constitutional questions about the scope and implementation of the freedom of expression and the press. Most recently, the secularist Cumhuriyet (“Republic”) newspaper, after the infamous and deadly attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, decided to publish cartoons from the latest edition of the Charlie Hebdo to protest this violent terrorist attack. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the Cumhuriyet daily for reprinting a selection of cartoons from the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo that is said to insult Muslims. As soon as the January 14 …