UA professor may be jailed in Turkey for practicing freedom of speech
UA assistant professor Elif Shafak from her website |
The Arizona Republic reports today that Turkey may jail University of Arizona Near Eastern studies assistant professor Elif Shafak for up to three years for "insulting Turkishness" by criticizing Turkey's genocide of Armenians.
So far she's not jailed, but she has been interrogated by Turkish authorities and still could be jailed. Very distressing. Keep her in your prayers.
Update: Second link corrected.