(zaman.com) Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has approved the anti-terror bill, which caused controversy in Turkey in recent months.
According to a statement from the Presidential Press Office on Monday, President Sezer sent law no 5532 concerning amendments to the anti-terror bill to the Prime Ministry in accordance with articles 89 and 104 of the Turkish Constitution, reports Trend.
The statement added that Sezer would apply to the Supreme Court in order to cancel some articles of the law.
The Turkish government's controversial new anti-terror bill had been approved by the Turkish National Assembly on June 29.
The new law, whose preparation was accelerated following the recent resurgence of terror activities across Turkey, extends and redefines terror offenses.
Human trafficking, drug smuggling, obstruction of education, influencing of tenders, prostitution, pollution of the environment and forgery of credit cards could be categorized as terror offenses, according to the new anti-terror bill.
Organizations which have no involvement in arms will not be included under the scope of the new law.
In June, the Turkish Press Council had warned that the bill amending the current anti-terror law could kill editorial independence and lead to deep auto-censorship.
The 6th article of the controversial new anti-terror bill, which had given rise to debate in the country, had been removed from the text of the bill during the Justice Sub-committee stage, ending discussions about whether it could lead to the release of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of PKK terrorist organization.