Lawsuit filed against Jewish-Turkish journalist for criticizing minister who demanded account from Armenians

Lawsuit filed against Jewish-Turkish journalist for criticizing minister who demanded account from Armenians

March 16, 2012 13:11

Turkey’s Internal Affairs Ministry filed court proceedings against Roni Margulies, the Jewish columnist of the Taraf daily of Turkey, who had written a critical column against Turkish Internal Affairs Minister Idris Naim Sahin, who had made an anti-Armenian speech during the demonstration held in Istanbul on February 26.
Margulies, on the other hand, notes his column insulted no one. “The PM and the Internal Affairs Minister are filing a lawsuit thinking they will force us to stop writing. Do they think we will be afraid? We would not have written if we had feared. We are not stupid. The Minister must apologize not solely to the Armenians, but to entire Turkey as well,” Roni Margulies said.
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