Turkish journalist cleared in freedom of speech trial

A Turkish court Thursday acquitted a prominent Turkish journalist in a
freedom of speech case linked to debate over the mass killings of
Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, the Anatolia news agency reported.

The court ruled that Murat Belge, a columnist for the daily Radikal, did
not insult the judiciary when he criticised a court decision that briefly
blocked a landmark conference last year on the massacres, a long-standing
taboo that Turks have only recently began to discuss. The judge dropped
similar charges against Belge over a second critical article on the same
issue, citing the statute of limitations, Anatolia reported.

Belge risked up to 10 years in jail for the two articles. The European
Union has repeatedly warned Ankara that the prosecution of intellectuals
for exercising their right to free speech is damaging Turkey's membership
bid. Charges against four other leading journalists, who had been indicted
with Belge in the same case, were dropped in April because their articles
fell under the scope of the statute of limitations.

- AFP, EU Business

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