Agosto 16, 2009
Turquía: un turista británico de 19 años fue expulsado de territorio
turco, después de haber escalado a un monumento en honor a Ataturk, haberse desnudado, y haber realizado "actos inapropiados".
No puede regresar a Turquía en los próximos cinco años. (Guysen.International.News)
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Turkey expels British tourist for 'insulting' Ataturk: report
16 August 2009 22:51 FOCUS News Agency
Ankara. A Turkish court Sunday ordered the expulsion of a teenaged British tourist for "insulting" the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Anatolia news agency reported AFP informed.
Police detained the 19-year-old after he climbed on a monument of Ataturk in the Aegean resort of Marmaris, undressed and made "inappropriate" gestures, the report said.
The tourist, whose name was not disclosed, was handed over to a court, which released him after ruling that he should be expelled and banned from entering the country for five years, it said.
Turkey has a special law stipulating jail terms for insulting the much-revered Ataturk, who founded modern, secular Turkey on the ashes of the Ottoman empire in 1923 and served as its president until his death in 1938.
The law, which has landed intellectuals in court for their writings, has been criticised as a restriction on free speech.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/17/briefly-europe-22796690/print/