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Swede hit with 10 month jail sentence in Turkey
http://www.thelocal.se/24156/20100101/ ^ | January 1, 2010

Posted on 01/01/2010 6:42:31 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

A Swedish citizen was sentenced to 10 month’s prison by a Turkish court on New Year’s Eve on charges of spreading Kurdish propaganda on behalf of a prohibited political party.

Ramazan Kizil was tried by a Turkish court on Christmas Eve for spreading propaganda in Kurdish on behalf of a prohibited political party at a political rally in Turkey.

The court found Kizil guilty and sentenced to 10 month’s prison in ruling issued on New Year’s Eve. Kizil, who returned to Sweden after last week's court proceedings, will be arrested if he enters Turkey again, news agency TT reports.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: swede; turkey

1 posted on 01/01/2010 6:42:34 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: monkapotamus; All

I got question anybody seen Midnight Express the movie HELLO you don’t mess with Turkey


2 posted on 01/01/2010 6:46:18 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

Yeah. 10 months inside a turkey?

And the complain about prison crowding here!


3 posted on 01/01/2010 6:49:12 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 345 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void; monkapotamus; All

You know what I have Turkish friend she know not mess with her homeland she hate Midnight express the movie


4 posted on 01/01/2010 6:51:00 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Ramazan Kizil”

Good old Swedish name!


5 posted on 01/01/2010 6:51:56 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: SevenofNine

One is not apt to do it twice.


6 posted on 01/01/2010 6:52:00 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 345 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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