The Government of Turkey has stated its readiness to change article 301 of the Criminal Code. Turkish PM Recep Erdogan stated the Government is ready to introduce changes in article 301, which provides for criminal penalty for "insulting Turkishness." "Lately the article on criminal penalty for insulting Turkishness rouses much censure by the EU. We should reconsider it and make more specific for it to comply with international legal norms," the Turkish PM said. The article 301 of the Criminal Code of Turkey provides for criminal penalty for mentioning the Armenian Genocide, reports Mediamax.