The publisher and the editor of the anti-Semitic Turkish publication “Free Man” have been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, but have appealed the verdict to the High Court.
The semi-monthly newspaper, however, continues to appear under the editorial direction of Djevad Atilhan, Turkey’s most notorious anti-Semite. Each edition carries one or more articles attacking Turkish Jews and the Jews in general. Last October the government closed down two other anti-Semitic and anti-government newspapers and sentenced their editors to prison for 22 months.
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