Editing Historical negationism (section)

====Turkey and the Armenian genocide====
[[File:IgdirGenocideMuseum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|alt=Photograph of the Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum in Turkey|The [[Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum]]'s promotion of the view that [[Armenian people|Armenians]] committed genocide against [[Turkish people|Turks]], rather than vice versa, has received international condemnation for falsifying the [[Armenian genocide denial|history surrounding those Armenians killed]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Turkey and the Armenian Ghost: On the Trail of the Genocide|last1=Marchand|first1=Laure|last2=Perrier|first2=Guillaume|date=2015|publisher=[[McGill-Queen's Press]]|isbn=9780773597204|pages=111–112|quote=The Iğdır genocide monument is the ultimate caricature of the Turkish government's policy of denying the 1915 genocide by rewriting history and transforming victims into guilty parties.}}</ref>]]
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Turkish laws such as [[Article 301 (Turkish Penal Code)|Article 301]], that state "a person who publicly insults [[Turkishness]], or the Republic or [the] Turkish [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]], shall be punishable by imprisonment", were used to criminally charge the writer [[Orhan Pamuk]] with disrespecting Turkey, for saying that "Thirty thousand Kurds, and a million [[Armenians]], were killed in these lands, and nobody, but me, dares to talk about it".<ref>Sarah Rainsford ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4527318.stm Author's trial set to test Turkey]'' [[BBC]] 14 December 2005.</ref> The controversy occurred as Turkey was first vying for membership in the [[European Union]] (EU) where the suppression of dissenters is looked down upon.<ref name="npr.org">Madeleine Brand speaks with Hugh Pope ''[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171842 Charges Against Turkish Writer Pamuk Dropped]'' [[National Public Radio|NPR]] 25 January 2005.</ref> Article 301 originally was part of penal-law reforms meant to modernize Turkey to [[European Union]] standards, as part of negotiating [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|Turkey's accession to the EU]].<ref>[http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-140266-16&type=News "Turkey's new penal code touches raw nerves"] EurActiv 2 June 2005, updated 14 November 2005.</ref> In 2006, the charges were dropped due to pressure from the European Union and United States on the Turkish government.<ref name="npr.org"/>

On 7 February 2006, five journalists were tried for insulting the judicial institutions of the State, and for aiming to prejudice a court case (per Article 288 of the Turkish penal code).<ref>''[https://archive.today/20120803195426/http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/72146 Writer Hrant Dink acquitted; trials against other journalists continue]'' [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange|IFEX]] 9 February 2006.</ref> The reporters were on trial for criticizing the court-ordered closing of a conference in Istanbul regarding the [[Armenian genocide]] during the time of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The conference continued elsewhere, transferring locations from a state to a private university. The trial continued until 11 April 2006, when four of the reporters were acquitted. The case against the fifth journalist, [[Murat Belge]], proceeded until 8 June 2006, when he was also acquitted. The purpose of the conference was to critically analyse the official Turkish view of the Armenian genocide in 1915; a [[taboo]] subject in Turkey.<ref>Sarah Rainsford ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4273602.stm Turkey bans 'genocide' conference]'' [[BBC]] News 22 September 2005.</ref> The trial proved to be a test case between Turkey and the [[European Union]]; the EU insisted that Turkey should allow increased freedom of expression rights, as a condition to membership.<ref>Benjamin Harvey ''[http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article343939.ece Fight halts Turkish journalists' trial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184818/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article343939.ece |date=30 September 2007 }}'' in [[The Independent]] 8 February 2006.</ref><ref>[[Associated Press]] ''[https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,,-5748033,00.html Case Against 4 Turkish Journalists Dropped]'' in [[The Guardian]] 11 April 2006.</ref>