From al-Jazeera.net:

Turkish legislators are debating a proposal to soften a law restricting freedom of speech that has been used to prosecute several writers.
 
A vote on the proposed amendment to Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which bars insults to the Turkish identity or the country's institutions, is expected on Tuesday or early Wednesday.

The ruling party, which proposed the change, has a majority in the 550-seat parliament and the amendment is expected to pass.

Turkey says close to 7,000 people have been prosecuted under that law and its precursor since 2003, including Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel prize winner.
 
A total of 745 were convicted in that period.