She said that " if she had a son she would discourage him from going to fight Kurdish separatists in the country´s restive southeast."

The army, one of Turkey´s most influential institutions, took offence and she was put on trial in February under legal provisions that criminalise remarks deemed insulting to the state and its institutions.

She was acquitted on the grounds that she was entitled to free speech.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/....star-acquitted-of-insulting-army.html

Despite the "annoyence of nationalists" she is not "GUILTY"!!

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 fantastic news!! Sense prevails

Bülent Ersoy 

She said that " if she had a son she would discourage him from going to fight Kurdish separatists in the country´s restive southeast."

The army, one of Turkey´s most influential institutions, took offence and she was put on trial in February under legal provisions that criminalise remarks deemed insulting to the state and its institutions.

She was acquitted on the grounds that she was entitled to free speech.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/....star-acquitted-of-insulting-army.html

Despite the "annoyence of nationalists" she is not "GUILTY"!!

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_28343

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_28161

I think this is a great legal presidence for the Turkish people! 

I think this is a great legal presidence for the Turkish people! 

You are absolutely right on this..

It will be quite difficult to take people to the court for these ´made up crimes´ such as ´insulting the army´ from now on..

Definitely right step for a full fledged democracy..

You have no idea how many people spent how many years behind the bars for these idiotic crimes..

I am really pleased, in the end, my country´s people ´beginning  to taste´ what really free speech means and  how you can live without fears.. 

 why do you think this time the "crime" was acquitted? Did it have anything to do with his/her public profile? 

 I would like to think it is the slow process of the Turkish government moving toward a more "free" society.