#turkey jails teacher for »blasphemous« tweets
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A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over #Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday. The court in the eastern city of Mus ruled that the man, identified as Ertan P., insulted Islamic values with his Twitter handle — @allah (cc) — and a series of tweets he posted, Hurriyet newspaper reported on its website. The defendant claimed his account had been hacked and appealed against the sentence, Hurriyet said. read more