PAMUK MAY FACE TRIAL AGAIN
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.10.2009 13:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Supreme Court General Judicial Assembly decreed
for opening a court case against writer Orhan Pamuk, laureate of
the Nobel Prize for Literature. The author faces a fine of 36,000 TL
(16,655 â~B¬) in compensation because of the following statement he
made during an interview published in Switzerland in February 2005:
"On this ground 30,000 Kurds and 1 million Armenians were killed
in Turkey".
Pamuk was awarded the symbolic "Grand Medal" by Paris Municipality
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe on 6 October. Pamuk said in the ceremony:
"I am receiving this medal also on behalf of the city of Istanbul
where I live."
In Turkey, Pamuk was just saved from a prison sentence. However,
for his ideas he has been tried for compensation for 4 years now,
Turkish media reported.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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