Turkish Gay Activist Faces Prison

09/12/2006 | Writer: KAOS GL

December 9, 2006
KAOS GL NEWS

A criminal court case has been filed in Ankara, Turkey against the chief editor and owner of Kaos GL Magazine which is the only LGBT Turkish magazine that has been published since 1994.

Umut Guner, who is the owner of the magazine on behalf of Kaos GL and vice president of Kaos GL Association, is being accused of publishing pornographic issues based on Turkish Penal Code, Article 226. If he is convicted, he may face up to three years of jail sentence.

Turkish Penal Code, Article 226, Part 2 says:
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