Turkey criminalized discussing the Armenian genocide in 2004

Evidence

Denial “Among a series of actions enacted to counter Armenian Genocide recognition and education, the Turkish government even passed a law in 2004 known as Article 305 which makes it a criminal offense, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to discuss the Armenian Genocide.” — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 22

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to chapter 1’s ‘denial is a reliable predictor of further genocidal massacres’ and to legal suppression of speech on state crimes. — connects to: Denial is a reliable predictor of further genocidal massacres — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 16; France’s Holocaust-denial statute has been extended to Armenian genocide denial; Nagorno-Karabakh fighting reanimated centuries-old Russo-Ottoman and Armenian-Turkish antagonisms — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 769

Related

• The Turkish state criminalizes discussion of the Armenian Genocide by statute (similarity 0.94)
• Nagorno-Karabakh fighting reanimated centuries-old Russo-Ottoman and Armenian-Turkish antagonisms (similarity 0.81)
• Denial is a reliable predictor of further genocidal massacres (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• France’s Holocaust-denial statute has been extended to Armenian genocide denial #expands (0.90)
• Nagorno-Karabakh fighting reanimated centuries-old Russo-Ottoman and Armenian-Turkish antagonisms #exemplifies (0.75) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 769