Confirmed TrueTurkeyIn Turkey, Insulting Atatürk's Memory Is a Criminal Offense Punishable by PrisonTurkey's Law No. 5816, enacted in 1951, makes it a criminal offense to publicly insult or defame the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Offenders can face imprisonment of one to three years, and the law is actively enforced with thousands of prosecutions recorded.
