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Friday, October 20, 2006 |
TheNewAnatolian: "Under controversial Article 301, court hearings began yesterday against a trio responsible for the Turkish edition of a book by Noam Chomsky.
The case against the publisher, editors and translator of 'Manufacturing Consent', written by U.S. leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman, were present for the hearing.
Aram Yayincilik owner Fatih Tas, editors Omer Faruk Kurhan and Lutfu Taylan Tosun and translator Ender Abadoglu are on trial on charges of spreading public hatred and enmity and denigrating Turkish identity, the republic and the Turkish Parliament under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The defendants are facing up to six years in prison apiece.
Translator Abadoglu said in his defense that he only translated the book and didn't distort its content. Underlining that the views expressed in the book belong to the authors and that the translator can't be held responsible, Abadoglu said, 'In a similar way, the views of French parliamentarians who are supporting the Armenian genocide claims were translated and published in newspapers. There are no cases filed against these translators. Hence, I think translators can't be held responsible."
We don't want this Turkey as a member of the European Union.
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© Copyright 2006 Hetty Litjens.
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