In December 2005 Joost Lagendijk , a member of the Dutch GreenLeft party and the European Parliament 's Committee on Foreign Affairs , chairman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee , and a staunch supporter of Turkish EU membership , visited Turkey to attend the trial against Orhan Pamuk . In his speech he commented on the Şemdinli incident and criticized the Turkish military for seeking to maintain its political influence through the continuous guerrilla war with the PKK . Greater Jurists Union ( ) , the same group that filed a complaint against Orhan Pamuk , filed charges against Joost Lagendijk for violating Article 301 by insulting the Turkish army . The prosecutor , however , declined to prosecute , referring to the Turkish constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights , as well as a judgement by the European Court of Human Rights concerning the interpretation of that Convention
Şemdinli incident
Şemdinli incident
Article 301 (Turkish Penal Code)