Article 301 discussed in new Turkish book

A new non-fiction book explores the role of the Turkish media and government in the 2007 murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Dink, who was editor-in-chief of Agos, was shot outside his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. At the time he was on trial for violating Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which condemns insults directed toward Turkish identity. Dink had written and published a well-researched article suggesting that Sabiha Gokcen, the adopted daughter of first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Turkey's first female pilot, was of Armenian origin, and this suggested link between the nation's founder and its opposed enemy was considered blasphemous.

The Hrant Dink Murder – The Media, Judiciary, State by judiciary reporter Kemal Goktas examines the murderous consequences of Article 301, which has also been used against novelists Elif Safak and Orhan Pamuk.