Apology Campaign to Be Investigated
A Heavy Penal Court has overruled the decision of the Ankara prosecution to dismiss proceedings in the case of the campaign of apologising to Armenians.
The Heavy Penal Court has overruled the dismissal of proceedings by the Ankara prosecution.
The Internet campaign was started in December
2008 and has resulted in nearly 30,000 supporters putting their names under the
text:
“My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the denial of the Great Catastrophe that the Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathize with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers and sisters. I apologize to them.
Ankara residents Hasan Hüseyin Satır, Sabahat Özgür, Mehmet İnal Kolburan, Hüseyin Erdoğan, Serdar Orhaner and Kürşat Karacabey had prepared a complaints campaign and had demanded the trial of the signatories of the apology campaign for “denigrating the Turkish nation”, i.e. an indictment under Article 301.
On 26 January 2009, the Ankara prosecution had decided that “even opposite opinions are protected under the concept of freedom of expression in democratic societies” and had dismissed proceeding. By overruling this decision, the Heavy Penal Court has made a trial against signatories possible. (EÖ/AG)
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