Kemal Kerinçsiz

Kemal Kerinçsiz (born 20 February 1960, in Edirne, Turkey) is a Turkish nationalist lawyer, famous for filing complaints against more than 40 Turkish journalists and authors (including Orhan Pamuk, Elif Şafak,^[1][2] and the late Hrant Dink^[3]) for "insulting Turkishness". He heads the Büyük Hukukçular Birliği ("Great Union of Jurists"), which is responsible for most Article 301 trials.^[4]

On 5 August 2013, Kerinçsiz was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment as part of the Ergenekon trials.^[5] He was released together with several other suspects in March 2014.^[6]

References

1. Rainsford, Sarah (21 September 2006). "Turkish novelist case collapses". BBC News Europe. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
2. Birch, Nicolas (16 September 2006). "Liberals and Nationalists in Turkey Face Off Again Over Freedom of Speech". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
3. "Turkish nationalism on the march". The Economist. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
4. Purvis, Andrew (2 October 2005). "Continental Divide". Time. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
5. "Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief". Today's Zaman. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
6. "Art arda tahliyeler". Haber Turk. 10 March 2014.