Kemal Kerinçsiz

Kemal Kerinçsiz (b. 1960 in Edirne, Turkey) is a Turkish ultra-nationalist lawyer, famous for filing complaints against more than 40 Turkish journalists and authors (including Orhan Pamuk, Elif Şafak,[1][2] and the late Hrant Dink[3]) for "insulting Turkishness". He heads the neo-fascist Büyük Hukukçular Birliği ("Great Union of Jurists"), which is responsible for most Article 301 trials.[4]

On 5 August 2013 Kerinçsiz was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment as part of the Ergenekon trials.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rainsford, Sarah (2006-09-21). "Turkish novelist case collapses". BBC NEWS, Europe. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. ↑ Birch, Nicolas (2006-09-16). "Liberals and Nationalists in Turkey Face Off Again Over Freedom of Speech". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Turkish nationalism on the march". The Economist. 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  4. ↑ Purvis, Andrew (2005-10-02). "Continental Divide". TIME. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  5. ↑ Today's Zaman, 5 August 2013, Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief