Hi y'all - well I guess that will go a good way towards keeping Turkey out of the EU.
On Sep 18, 4:15 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turkey bans biologist Richard Dawkins' website > > Reposted > from:http://www.monstersandcritics.com/science/news/article_1431422.php/Tu... > > Ankara - Turkish internet users have been blocked via a court order > from accessing the site of prominent British biologist Richard Dawkins > after complaints from lawyers for Islamic creationist author Adnan > Oktar, the website of Turkish television station NTV reported on > Wednesday. > > A court in Istanbul ordered that Turk Telekom block access to the site > and since the weekend Turkish internet users seeking the site have > been redirected to a page that says in Turkish 'access to this site > has been suspended in accordance with a court decision'. > > NTV reported that Oktar complained he and his creationist book 'Atlas > of Creation' had been defamed by comments made by Dawkins on the > site. > > 'I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production > values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content,' > Dawkins, a distinguished advocate of the theory of evolution, wrote on > his website in July referring to the Atlas of Creation. > > The book has caused controversy not just through its advocation of > creationism but also through how thousands of copies of book were > distributed to schools in a number of European countries. > > Oktar has used the Turkish courts on a number of occasions, the latest > being earlier this year when he attempted to have Dawkins' book The > God Delusion banned in Turkey on the basis that it was insulting > religion but a Turkish court threw the case out. > > In August 2007, Oktar, who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya, > convinced a Turkish court to block access to millions of web blogs > using the Wordpress.com hosting service after finding that a number of > blogs carried libellous comments. > > In May, Oktar was found guilty of creating an illegal organization for > personal gain and sentenced to three years imprisonment. He is > appealing the decision. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for reading, > Josh Timonen > RichardDawkins.net > > You are receiving this message because you have opted in to the > RichardDawkins.net list. To unsubscribe, please follow this > link:http://richarddawkins.net/newsletter/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
