Silencing the debate; Turkey prosecutes free speech and journalists.(OPED)

The Washington Times;  February 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......with a culture of free speech. Mr. Cemal also...difficult it is in Turkey to give the fight...on the right of free speech. However, the West...excuse to write Turkey off as a lost cause...proves how much Turkey has accomplished...a way of life. Turkey has had ...

TV series sparks free speech row in Turkey; The hit show 'Valley of the...

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......US military, is Turkey's highest-grossing...sectarian tensions in Turkey. The cancellation...raising a debate in Turkey about whether limiting free speech in the name of...government of stifling free speech by prosecuting...legislation in Turkey with the European...on ...

U. Oklahoma students exercise free speech as part of final project

University Wire;  May 4, 2006 ;     502 words ......University of Oklahoma tudents exercised their right to free speech Wednesday by displaying posters about free speech in the United States. The Communication and Free Speech class set up tables and posters about different free speech...

Free speech: Priceless possession

Charleston Gazette;  December 28, 2005 ;     377 words ......on charges of insulting Turkey. Meanwhile, author Zulkuf...Kurdish towns evacuated by Turkey's army during the Kurd rebellion...was arrested for calling Turkey fascist and printing "No...scheduled for trial in February. Turkey is attempting to join the European Union, which supports free ...

Turkey clears Chomsky publisher in free speech trial.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 13, 2002 ;     670 words ......latest high-profile test of Turkey's laws on freedom of speech...mark a turning point in Turkey's restrictions on free speech remained uncertain. Some...the freedom of speech in Turkey that we all want to see...was played here today. Turkey has been working to improve...longstanding ...

Iranian president gets free lesson about free speech

Post-Tribune (IN);  October 5, 2007 ;     462 words ......VERSION After the recent brouhaha in New York, it seems like a good time to chat about free speech. Not restricted free speech. Not partial free speech. Not pseudo-semi-counterfeit-limited-free speech. Not free speech on Wednesdays between...

It's free speech, not smoking

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  January 4, 2007 ;     512 words ...'Free speech areas." Colleges have them. Designated...students must ask ahead if the can use the free speech area and, according to board policy...universities around the country where free speech areas or "zones" have been in place...

Free Speech Intended To Be Civilized

Albuquerque Journal;  October 7, 2006 ;     556 words ......serious questioning about the future of the free speech portion of the Bill of Rights. Free speech is one of the great hallmarks of America...speech but that's what freedom is all about. Free speech entitles us to voice our opinion, knowing...

A victory for free speech.(EDITORIALS)

The Washington Times;  September 23, 2006 ;     443 words ......major victory for free-speech proponents in Turkey. Mrs. Shafak...nonetheless. Turkey s accession into...commitment to protect free speech in Turkey or an attempt...Suppressing free speech, an issue at...not yet dead in Turkey.

Judge orders halt in trial of Turkey's best-known novelist; Free speech...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 17, 2005 ;     390 words ...ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The presiding judge halted the trial of Turkey's best-known novelist Friday...is accused of insulting Turkey's national identity, a free speech case that has divided the...newspaper in February that Turkey is unwilling to deal with...the case as an attack on ...

Is the right of free speech special?

Social Theory and Practice;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......American constitutional conception of free speech. Nonetheless, despite extensive philosophical theorizing about free speech, few have explicitly addressed a...critically associated with the right of free speech? (2) How does the critical association...

Price can rise pretty high for free speech.

Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  February 19, 2006 ;     570 words ......a contradiction, but I think we use the term free speech too freely. Free speech isn't free -- if by free we mean without cost...published in a Danish newspaper. People who dislike free speech try to squelch it by raising the price. Hence...

Flying insults; Turkey and free speech.(More Turkish writers face...

The Economist (US);  July 29, 2006 ;     379 words ......prosecution for insulting Turkey A WILLOWY blonde, as fluent...should be a poster girl for Turkey's push to join Europe...insulting the father of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, to defending...the biggest obstacle to Turkey's hopes of joining the...this year for insulting Turkey . Leading the ...

The taming of free speech on America's campuses.

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  January 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......erica's colleges and universities treasure free speech, I would like to introduce Texas Tech University's free speech gazebo. The gazebo is only 20 feet...campus where students could engage in free speech activities-such as demonstrations...

EDITORIAL: Confined free speech not free speech

University Wire;  October 4, 2004 ;     346 words ......Daily) (U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -- The free speech areas on the Texas Tech University campus...Tech had to amend its policy concerning free speech on campus. Tech's current policy requires...activity of this nature to designated free speech areas around campus. Cummings' decision...