Where political leaders are idolized as if they're something godly, their sainthood is legally shrouded and codified, their holiness made untouchable even after they're long dead and gone and insulting them is not only deemed blasphemous, but also punishable by law.
ANKARA, Turkey --A political science professor was convicted Monday of insulting the revered founder of modern Turkey and given a 15-month suspended prison sentence, a news report said.
Atilla Yayla, a professor at Gazi University in Ankara and head of the Association for Liberal Thinking, was convicted of insulting the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Dogan news agency said.