Turkish Professor Gets Suspended Sentence for Insulting Nation’s Founder

by E Wayne Ross on January 29, 2008

The Chronicle: Turkish Professor Gets Suspended Sentence for Insulting Nation’s Founder

A professor of politics and political theory at a university in Ankara, Turkey, was convicted on Monday of insulting the memory of the founder of the modern Turkish Republic during a public panel discussion, and was given a 15-month suspended prison sentence.