Read for yourself. Her book was banned, and she now faces up to six years in prison. American Andrew Finkel thought he was complimenting the Turkish army when he wrote in an Istanbul paper that it did not look like an army of occupation. But the military said he'd crossed a line separating journalism from insult, so Finkel suddenly faced criminal charges.
Turkey has a press that in many ways is as lively as any in Europe.
In their zeal to control national discourse, political and military leaders have criminalized journalism, jailing reporters and editors for merely profiling a Kurdish leader, interviewing disgruntled Turkish soldiers, or suggesting that the military wields too much power. During his trial, Ocalan issued a dramatic appeal for an end to the 15-year war between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army. It was sensational news around the world, and was reported by a variety of Turkish newspapers. In Turkey, you can cross the line without even mentioning political Islam or Kurdish nationalism. Of the 27 recent cases in our report, we have selected a sampling and offer here the raw evidence used to charge or convict those journalists whom Turkey contends have crossed the line.