Kemal Kerinçsiz

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Kemal Kerinçsiz is a Turkish ultra-nationalist lawyer,[1][2] famous for filing complaints against more than 40 Turkish journalists and authors (including Orhan Pamuk, Elif Şafak,[3][4] and the late Hrant Dink[5]) for "insulting Turkishness". He heads the Büyük Hukukçular Birliği ("Great Union of Jurists"), which is responsible for most Article 301 trials.[6]

[edit] Ergenekon

In January 2008, 13 ultranationalists, including Kemal Kerinçsiz, were arrested by Turkish authorities for participating in a Turkish nationalist underground organisation, named Ergenekon, allegedly conspiring to assassinate public figures, including several Christian missionaries and Armenian-Turkish intellectual Hrant Dink.[7] Several reports suggest that Orhan Pamuk was among the figures this group plotted to kill.[8][9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ In Turkey, ultra-nationalist lawyer wins supporters as enthusiasm for the EU falls - Europe - International Herald Tribune
  2. ^ Compass Direct News : Turkey - Judge Pressured To Withdraw From Christians’ Trial
  3. ^ BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Turkish novelist case collapses
  4. ^ EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Liberals and Nationalists in Turkey Face Off Again Over Freedom of Speech
  5. ^ Turkish nationalism | Waving Ataturk's flag | Economist.com
  6. ^ Continental Divide - TIME
  7. ^ Sabrina Tavernise. 13 Arrested in Push to Stifle Turkish Ultranationalists Suspected in Political Killings. The New York Times. January 28, 2008.
  8. ^ Plot to kill Orhan Pamuk foiled. The Times of India. 25 Jan 2008
  9. ^ Lea, Richard. 'Plot to kill' Nobel laureate. The Guardian. January 28, 2008.

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