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Freedom of press in Turkey is regulated by several laws, including the , July 24 , 2006 . Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk was one of the famous writers to be censored under Article 301. Writer Perihan Mağden , a columnist for the newspaper '' Radikal '', was tried and acquitted on July 27th 2006 for calling for opening the possibility of Conscientious Objection to Mandatory Military Service in that country. MULTI-PARTY PERIOD Prime minister Adnan Menderes instituted censorship laws after World War II . Freedom of speech was heavily restricted after the 1980 Military Coup headed by General Kenan Evren . YOUTUBE.COM On March 7 2007, Turkish courts, due to an insult to the , March 10 , 2007 . VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND INTELLECTUALS Although not officially censored, many journalists and intellectuals have been victims, over the years, of violent attacks, including Assassinations . Abdi İpekçi , editor of left-wing newspaper '' Milliyet '' was assassinated in 1979 by Mehmet Ali Agca , a member of the Grey Wolves ultra-nationalist organization who later attempted to kill the Pope. Muammer Aksoy , a Kemalist professor of law, was assassinated in 1990 by Islamists. The same year, left-wing activist, and feminist politician Bahriye Üçok was also assassinated by Islamists. Left-wing intellectual Aziz Nesin , who had attempted to publish in Turkey Salman Rushdie 's '' Satanic Verses '', was targeted along with Alevi s, including Hasret Gültekin , a famous Kurdish Bağlama Saz player, in Sivas in July 1993. An arson led by Sunni extremists led to 36 deaths, although Aziz Nesin managed to survive. In 1995, the writer and poet Onat Kutlar was victim of a terrorist attack. Hrant Dink , editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos , was assassinated in Istanbul on January 19 , 2007 , by Ogün Samast , a 17 year old ultra-nationalist Turk. The Blogging site WordPress was blocked by Turkish Telekom on August 17 , 2007, due to Defamation claims made on behalf of Adnan Oktar .1 "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" TV SHOW BANNED Early in 2007, the Turkish government banned a popular television series called "Valley of the Wolves," citing the show's violent themes. The TV show inspired a Turkish-made movie by the same name, which included American actor Gary Busey. Busey played an American doctor who removed organs from Iraqi prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison and sold the harvested organs on the black market. The movie was pulled from theaters in the United States after the Anti-Defamation League complained to the Turkish ambassador to the U.S. about the movie's portrayal of Jews. "First Banned in U.S., 'Wolves' Now Banned in Turkey" , www.bannedmagazine.com, 17 February 2007 MICHAEL DICKINSON In June 2006, police seized a collage by British artist '', 13 September 2006 . Retrieved 2 September 2007 . SEE ALSO
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