Criminalising Dissent

This book addresses one of the oldest political offences in the European continent, lese-majeste, in light of its historical evolution and the threat it poses to a democratic public sphere in modern-day Europe. The Republic of Turkey, which serves as the focal point of this book, epitomises the "e;chilling"e; (ab)use of lese-majeste laws due to the sheer number of criminal investigations on the ba...