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11-month Prison Sentence for Criticizing "Co-Wife" Proposal

11-month Prison Sentence for Criticizing "Co-Wife" Proposal

Journalist Topçu was sentenced to eleven months in jail on the grounds of his criticism on Rize Mayor Bakırcı who had suggested "co-wives for Kurds" in order to solve the Kurdish question. At the same time, Black Sea journalists associations condemned recent police violence against journalists.

1 March 2011 Emir Çelik