Turkish Laws Banning Discussions on the Armenian Genocide
As the "Armenian Genocide" documentary made clear, Turkey has laws criminalizing admission of the Armenian Genocide by any Turkish citizen. Many citizens of Turkey have been persecuted for admitting the Genocide, including Orhan Pamuk, Hrant Dink, and Ragip Zarakolu (who currently faces 6 years in prison for admitting the truth).
Here is more information on the repressive laws in Turkey suppressing freedom of speech--in particular any speech admitting the truth about the Genocide. This is from a recent US State Department report about one such law:
'The "reasoning" attached to the Penal Code states that persons could be found in violation for ... "saying that Armenians were subject to a genocide at the end of the First World War." The reasoning is not law, but serves as guidance to judges and prosecutors on how to apply the law.'"
US State Department Report on Turkey (2004)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41713.htm
Of course Turkey, being a repressive society, suppresses freedom of speech and minority rights in other areas as well. For example, Kurds are not allowed call themselves Kurds or to speak Kurdish in public:
"Kurds who publicly or politically asserted their Kurdish identity or publicly espoused using Kurdish in the public domain risked censure, harassment, or prosecution."
US State Department Report on Turkey (2004)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41713.htm
It is worth to note that, despite denials by Turkish officials, the Turkish government still promotes hatred against its Armenian subjects. Here is an official US report about Turkish textbooks promoting hatred against Armenians:
In February the HRA (Human Rights Association) Istanbul branch sent a letter to the education minister protesting a poetry book published by the ministry. According to the HRA, the book, On This Path, has racist statements about Armenians, including "Are you human, you Armenian?" and "Armenian lower than a Russian." The HRA requested that the ministry remove the book from the curriculum. There were no further developments at year's end.
US State Department Report on Turkey (2005)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61680.htm
Another recent instance of state-sponsored hatred against Armenians was the outrage of highest military officers and public officials in Turkey upon learning that Turkey's first female pilot could be Armenian:
In February, the Hurriyet newspaper's publication of a report that Sabiha Gokcen--an adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was the country's first female pilot--was of Armenian descent drew a number of racist public statements. The Turkish General Staff issued a statement criticizing the reports on Gokcen's Armenian ancestry as "a claim that abuses national values and feelings" while the Turkish Air Association called the report "an insult" to Gokcen and to Ataturk.
US State Department Report on Turkey (2004)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41713.htm
Of course it's clear that the only way for Turkey to cleanse itself from its embarrassing (for Turkey) legacy of hate and repression is to end its denial of the Armenian Genocide.