Christians in Turkey Acquitted of ‘Insulting Turkishness’
October 19, 2010
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This is a good news report that we all need to shout from the rooftops!! Praise the Lord for the Christians being acquitted in this four year long battle. Compass Direct is reporting the following. More here.
But court heavily fines them for dubious conviction of collecting personal data.
ISTANBUL, October 19 (CDN) — After four years of legal battle in a Turkish court, a judge acquitted two Christians of insulting Turkey and its people by spreading Christianity, but not without slapping them with a hefty fine for a spurious charge. Four years ago this month, Turan Topal, 50, and Hakan Tastan, 41, started a legal battle after gendarmerie officers produced false witnesses to accuse them of spreading their faith and allegedly “insulting Turkishness, the military and Islam.”