Headscarf Activist Press TV Turkey “Nuray Canan Bezirgan”
Not Liking Atatürk Is A Personal Preference, Not A CrimeBezirgan, a headscarfed woman, who announced that she did not like Atatürk during a TV show, said that the issue is not whether or not to like him, but how much freedom of expression there is. Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People (Mazlum Der) İstanbul branch organized a press release for Nuray Canan Bezirgan on Tuesday (June 17). Bezirgan is under investigation for saying during the TV show Teke Tek that she would say that she did not like Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic. Saying that I do not like is not an insult Answering a question about her immigration to Canada, she said that the issue was not whether to like or not, but how much freedom of expression was there. Upon Bezirgans words during the TV show titled Teke Tek that if she knew she would not get into trouble, then she would say she did not like him, Beyoğlu prosecutor started an investigation under the second article of Law 5816, concerning crimes against Atatürk
