Turkey - dropping insults

The case against Orhan Pamuk, brought for the crime of insulting the Turkish state, has been dropped because of what looks like a technicality. That solves the problem - but only for now.

The new penal code still includes something of the same ban so the issue will resurface more from Zaman Daily...

EU representatives, like Olli Rehn, have welcomed the news but have called for these 'loopholes' in the law to be filled more from Turkish Press...