October 23, 2003

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  Judges sentences man to read in library every day

  
  

  Alparslan Yigit should originally have been sentenced to 15 days in prison for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

  
  

  But the judge opted for an alternative sentence to avoid putting extra pressure on overcrowded Turkish prisons.

  
  

  He ruled Yigit, 28, had to spend an hour and a half reading at a library every day for a month.

  
  

  Yigit complained, saying being forced to read in a public place was a humiliation equivalent to “doing the dishes at home”.

  
  

  He even ran out of the courtroom and disappeared for some time.

  
  

  But eventually, he started serving his time at the library – with a police supervisor making sure he wasn’t just leafing through the pages.

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