ArmInfo.Having escaped from the Turkish prison, Turkish writer and publicist of Armenian origin Sevan Nishanyan wished freedom to 80 million Turks.
In January 2014, Nishanyan was arrested on charges of illegal construction on the territory of his own land. Then he was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison. According to Turkish media, on the morning of July 14, Nishanyan left the prison of an open type and did not return.
After that, a message appeared on his Twitter-page: “The bird has gone off: we wish the same to the other 80 million.”
The well-known Turkish historian Taner Akcam reacted to the news with a tweet: “Sevan Nishanyan fled with the words” the bird has stubborn “, with the hope of a free world for all birds.”
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