Brisel i grupe za ljudska prava posebno kritiziraju odredbe u turskom krivičnom zakonu koje su služile kao osnova za sudske predmete protiv desetaka turskih intelektualaca, između ostalih i Orhana Pamuka, dobitnika ovogodišnje Nobelove nagrade za književnost, te Elif Safak, najpoznatije spisateljice u zemlji.
Brussels and rights groups have been particularly critical of provisions in Turkey's penal code that have served as a basis for court cases against dozens of Turkish intellectuals, including Orhan Pamuk, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, and Elif Safak, the country's most famous female writer.