Although the changes provide for greater separation between the court and ideologically motivated attorneys, the article continued to underpin the prosecution of intellectuals charged with insulting the Turkish nation or Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state.
Iako promene donose veću odvojenost suda i ideološki motivisanih tužilaca, taj član i dalje pomaže krivično gonjenje intelektualaca optuženih za uvredu turskog naroda ili Kemala Ataturka, osnivača moderne turske države.