Deluded Turks
A week after the the Turkish government announced plans to relax the notorious Article 301 of the country’s penal code, some prosecutor has decided that it’s never too late to try and make a name for himself by censoring something. The target this time around is Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion.
Publisher Erol Karaaslan said today he will be quizzed by authorities in Istanbul on Thursday. A successful prosecution could land him a year in prison, Turkish newspaper Milliyet is reporting.
The book went on sale in June and the investigation was launched after one reader complained that it insulted his “sacred values.”
Of course, we’d all be a lot better off if this lonely indiviudual replaced his “sacred values” with rational ones.
Wednesday 28 Nov 2007 | Paul | Censorship, Books
