Date set for Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör's court appearance
Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör will appear in court on September 11 on charges of "publicly insulting the Turkish nation" due to remarks he made during a program.
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The indictment prepared against earthquake expert Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör, seeking up to 2 years in prison for his remarks during a program where he said, "I have never known a society as ignorant and as devoid of the concept of morality as the Turkish people," has been accepted. Prof. Dr. Şengör will appear in court on September 11 on charges of publicly insulting the Turkish nation.
WHAT DID PROF. DR. ŞENGÖR SAY?
The Beykoz Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had prepared an indictment against Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör, seeking a prison sentence of 6 months to 2 years for the crime of "publicly insulting the Turkish nation" due to his remarks: "Turkey is a country far from civilization. It is one of the most primitive countries I have seen in the world. I have never known a society as ignorant and as devoid of the concept of morality as the Turkish people. Today, the average IQ of the Anatolian Turk is 86, what is the IQ of a normal person? 90. So you are officially in the position of a mentally retarded nation in world statistics."
In his statement regarding the investigation opened on the matter, Şengör declared that his words were not intended as an insult and were based on scientific data.