TURK NOVELIST MAY FACE JAIL FOR GENOCIDE COMMENTS
Kathimerini, Greece
Sept 1 2005
ANKARA (Reuters) – Best-selling Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk faces up
to three years in jail for backing allegations that Armenians suffered
genocide at Ottoman Turkish hands 90 years ago, his publisher said
yesterday. Turkish prosecutors are also investigating comments by
Pamuk that some 30,000 Kurds were killed more recently in Turkey in
separatist clashes with security forces. “A lawsuit has been filed
against Orhan Pamuk that could result in a three-year prison sentence,”
Iletisim Publishing said in a statement faxed to Reuters.