Author: Chakrian Hovsep

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KARABAKH CONFLICT TO BE DISCUSSED IN PARIS
With this first substantive meeting of a special PACE ad hoc sub-committee
on the conflict on September 12 in Paris, representatives of Armenia and
Azerbaijan, members of the OSCE Minsk Group and an EU representative will
discuss the latest situation in the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. It is already known that the discussion will not be open to the
press.
According to the revised draft program, the works will start at 9.30 a.m.
with the opening speech of Lord Russell-Johnston, Chairman of the Ad-hoc
Committee. First the historical background of the conflict will be
represented by the Executive Director of the London Information Network on
Conflicts and State-Building (LINKS). Within the framework of the
discussions Armenia will be represented by Mr. Varoujan Nersissian, Head of
Department on OSCE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Azerbaijan will be
represented by Mr. Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Azerbaijan. Besides the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Mr. Goran Lenmarker,
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict and Mr. Heikki Talvitie, EU Special Representative for the South
Caucasus will participate in the discussion.
According to the agenda, the work of the Committee will last a day.

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ARMENIA TO ALLOCATE $200 THOUSAND FOR KARTINA VICTIMS
08.09.2005 08:57
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian government has assigned $200 thousand as a
humanitarian assistance to the people, who fell victim to Katrina hurricane
in New Orleans. Earlier Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated
that the RA MFA instructed the Armenian Embassy in Washington to inform the
U.S. leadership that Armenia stands ready to render the essential assistance
and take part in the rescue works. `Armenia is ready to render its humble
material and technical assistance,’ Vartan Oskanian stated, IA Regnum
reports.

3 AZERI SERVICEMEN CHARGED WITH COOPERATING WITH SECRET SERVICES OF ARMENIA
AZG Armenian Daily #160
08/09/2005
Neighbors
A legal process against 3 Azerbaijani servicemen started yesterday
in Baku. Ruslan Bakirov, Khayal Abdulayev and Hikmet Tagiyev are
accused of parricide. According to Regnum agency, the court in Baku
charges them with crossing the Armenian border on 15 February of the
current year and cooperating with the Armenian special services. The
servicemen spending their compulsory army service refused all charges
saying that that they were taken captive. The Armenian side handed
Azeri soldiers over to Baku.
Iranian visas for Armenian citizens at the airport
The Embassy of Iran Islamic Republic to Armenia informed Liberty
Radio that Armenian citizens visiting Iran can get 7-day visas at
the Tehran airport.

GREECE BEGINS SALE OF 10 PERCENT OF OTE TELECOMS GIANT
Agence France Presse — English
September 7, 2005 Wednesday 10:49 AM GMT
The Greek state has begun selling an additional 10 percent share of
the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), Finance Minister
George Alogoskoufis said Wednesday.
“The process to sell a 10-percent share in OTE began last night,
following a decision by the inter-ministerial committee (on
privatisation),” Alogoskoufis told reporters.
The sale of OTE shares, which will reduce the Greek state’s holding in
the company to 27.7 percent, began on the New York Stock Exchange late
on Tuesday and continued on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday,
Alogoskoufis said.
Partially controlled by the Greek state, the OTE group, which comprises
the profitable Cosmote Greek mobile telephony unit and subsidiaries in
Armenia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, reported last week first-quarter
net profits of 212.5 million euros (265 million dollars).
The profits of OTE group had risen by 107.7 percent from the equivalent
figure in 2004, the company said at the time.
Eight banks, four of them international and the remainder Greek,
are involved in the sale, which will also available on the Athens
Stock Exchange, Alogoskoufis said on Wednesday.
About 49 million shares will be sold, translating into earnings of
800 million euros for the Greek state, Net state television reported.

NKR PRESIDENT: RETURN TO DISCUSSION OF PHASED TALKS SCENARIO HARDLY POSSIBLE
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6. ARMINFO. The return to the so called phased talks
scenario that is to what was discussed in 1998 is hardly possible,
NKR President Arkady Ghoukassyan said after his Monday meeting with
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel.
He said that it is unacceptable for the Armenian side to first settle
Azerbaijan’s problems and only then its own ones which is what the
phased scenario says. If Azerbaijan is ready to discuss the status
of Karabakh what phased resolution are we talking about, Ghoukassyan
wonders noting that it is impossible to discuss the status of Karabakh
implying just a little of independence like it is impossible to be
a little pregnant. Any solution should be accepted in a the context
of Karabakh’s security.
Commenting on Ilham Aliev’s recent belicose statements Ghoukassyan
said that thereby the Azeri president is solving his internal problems
but such statements are not good for the peace process.

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September 7, 2005
PRIMATE HEADS TO TEXAS CAPITAL TO ORDAIN NEW DEACON
By Jake Goshert
Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian
Church of America (Eastern), traveled to the mission parish in Austin,
TX, on Friday, September 2, 2005, to ordain Ken Maranian as a deacon.
“Ken has a deep love for the Armenian Church and has worked hard to make
this ordination a reality,” the Primate said. “When you talk with Ken,
look in his eyes, you can tell that he is truly answering a heavenly
call to serve his beloved Armenian Church.”
More than 100 people turned out for the celebration of the Divine
Liturgy and the ordination and following banquet, including lay leaders
and deacons from Houston and Dallas and Fr. Mikael Devejian, pastor of
the St. Sarkis Church in Dallas, TX, and the visiting pastor for the
Austin community mission parish.
RETURNING TO THE PATH
Ken Maranian, son of Robert and Mary Maranian, grew up outside of
Watertown, MA, and attended the local St. James Church. He was
influenced by his early involvement in the Armenian Church Youth
Organization of America (ACYOA) and the St. Nersess Seminary summer
sessions. He later went on to study for a year at St. Nersess, and
three years at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, earning a
master’s of divinity degree.
After spending a year as the part-time youth director at the Holy
Trinity Church in Cambridge and working with the mission parish in Cape
Cod, MA, Maranian moved to Austin for a job in the high-tech industry.
He now works as a computer engineer for Dell Computer.
He has assumed a spiritual leadership role in the mission parish,
leading monthly Jashu services.
“My grandmother, a Genocide survivor and a very faith-filled member of
the Armenian Church, played a large part in teaching me our faith and
love for our church,” Maranian said. “I’m being ordained because it
feels like the path I’ve been on is taking me there.”
“I’ve always had a deep love of the Armenian Church and our faith, and
have been serving on the altar since I was a child,” he added. “I guess
it always felt like a part of who I am. And this ordination feels like
a furthering of my commitment to the church: a deepening of the
commitment.”
SMALL, BUT GROWING
Moving from one of the Armenian hubs of the Northeast to the middle of
Texas 12 years ago meant a change for Maranian, but he luckily found a
small community that is growing. More importantly, he says, it is a
family-like community.
With more than 60 dues-paying members and a mailing list of 100
families, Maranian said his ordination is about more than him. It is a
community event.
“People have been asking about when I was going to be ordained, about
and how they can help me get ordained,” Maranian said. “It’s important
for us and our parish. It’s hard to describe why, but I think it’s a
step in our own mission parish’s development.”
And the community is indeed developing. About 50 people attend the
monthly services, and all join in singing since there is no established
choir. They have an active Armenian school for children, and just
started an adult class this month.
The parish is also blessed with a large number of young people who lead
the singing of sacred music, play the organ, and help organize social
events. Some are local high school students, others are students from
the nearby University of Texas.
And the Austin Armenians are proud of their ability to bring a lot of
events together, such as the first state-wide gathering of Armenians on
the steps of the state capitol this April 24.
“The Austin community is small, but it is a very tight-knit community, a
very hard working community,” Maranian said. “For the amount of people
we have here, we do get a lot done. We do a lot of activities and work
real hard to get things done.”
Lately Maranian has been impressed by the way the community is coming
together not just socially but spiritually.
“We’ve been growing quite a bit, but it’s been a slow growth. We’ve
been around for a while, but lately we’ve sort of become more formed
around the church,” he said. “We’ve started to form more of an identity
around the church and the spiritual aspect of our identity. So I guess
this ordination is a step along the way. It feels like it’s not just
for me, but like we are all going down this path together.”
The Primate met with the parish council members on Saturday, September
3, 2005, as well as with a group of area students who participated in
the ordination service. He stressed that the ordination of deacons is a
sacrament with Biblical origins, and that by ordaining a new deacon, the
community was establishing a foundation for future growth.
“The apostles saw the number of faithful growing and wanted to do
something to reach the people, so they ordained deacons,” the Primate
said. “And in Austin we did something similar, ordaining a young man to
help meet the needs of a growing, vibrant community.”
— 9/7/05
E-mail photos available on request. Photos also viewable in the News
and Events section of the Eastern Diocese’s website,
PHOTO CAPTION (1): Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern
Diocese, ordains Ken Maranian as a deacon in front of the Austin, TX,
Armenian community on Friday, September 2, 2005.
PHOTO CAPTION (2): Ken Maranian kneels before the Primate during the
deacon ordination ceremony on September 2, 2005.
PHOTO CAPTION (3): Archbishop Barsamian is joined by Fr. Mikael
Devejian, right, visiting pastor of the mission parish in Austin, TX,
during the ordination of Ken Maranian as a deacon.
PHOTO CAPTION (4): The Primate meets with parish council members and
young parishioners from the Austin, TX, mission parish on Saturday,
September 3, 2005.
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OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER – ONE OF CONDITIONS FOR PEACE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Pan Armenian News
07.09.2005 03:07
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European community openly urges to open the
Armenian-Turkish border, Turkish-Armenian Business Development
Council head Kaan Soyak stated, APA Azeri news agency reported. In
his words, Europeans treat the issue not like the Azeris do. “The
conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be settled with the
borders closed. Azerbaijan presses upon Turkey to keep the borders
blocked. However, the review of such policy will not only alleviate
Turkey’s problems but also promote the conflict settlement supported
by the international community”, he noted. “I believe in the soonest
establishment of peace in the South Caucasus. However, the opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border and reconciliation of Azerbaijan and
Armenia is the first condition for the establishment of peace in the
South Caucasus. The Kazan meeting was very important and certainly
the determination of the status of Karabakh in the most important
task. Thus the parties should work out a formula admissible for both if
them”, Mr. Soyak added. When asked whether the Turkish entrepreneurs
could establish trade relations with the Karabakh businessmen, Kaan
Soyak stated, “There should not be any obstacles for trade. But
Nagorno Karabakh is a region not recognized by the international
community. That is why credits are not allocated and the commodities
imported are not insured, international banks do not function on the NK
territory and the investments have no international guarantees. Thus
before the determination of Karabakh’s status free trade only can
develop with the region.” In his words, if peace is established and
the borders are unblocked Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia
should first of all revive tourism. The South Caucasus is one of the
world’s richest regions from the viewpoint of tourist potential, the
Turkish businessman noted. When touching upon TABDC’s initiative on
building Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline via Armenia K. Soyak said,
“The TABDC called such oil pipeline “the peace belt”, which would unite
us for many years. All the countries of the world including Azerbaijan
recognized that the construction of the pipeline through Armenia would
be economically more beneficial, since the expenses could be cut to
20%. There are pipelines in Armenia laid during the soviet period and
they can be used at present time. As result, Turkey and Azerbaijan
can derive a greater income form these pipelines”, Kaan Soyak resumed.

AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION COMES UNDER FIRE
Khadija Ismayilova 9/06/05
EurasiaNet, NY
Sept 6 2005
With two months of campaigning remaining before Azerbaijan’s
parliamentary election, President Ilham Aliyev’s administration
appears to be on a collision course with the country’s leading
opposition parties.
The country’s opposition has come under increasing pressure in recent
weeks. Several opposition and youth group activists have been arrested
— some of them accused of planning action aimed at undermining
political stability. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by the Popular Front
Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) against the Ministry of National Security
for allegedly attempting to orchestrate the ouster of party leader
Ali Kerimli suggests that what is already a contentious campaign
atmosphere could become explosive.
At an August 22 news conference, Ramiz Tagiyev, a former political
prisoner and advisor to Kerimli, alleged that Security Ministry
agents offered him $1,000 to foment discord within Kerimli’s PFPA. If
party infighting culminated in Kerimli’s ouster as leader, Security
Ministry officials indicated that they would pay him a bonus,
Tagiyev said at the news conference. “I was promised full support,
money for recruiting people inside the party and all benefits, after
the successful completion of the operation,” he said.
According to Tagiyev, ministry agents told him that the August 3
arrest of Ruslan Bashirli, leader of Yeni Fikir, a youth group with
ties to the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was among the
“provocations” planned against the opposition party. [For background
see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Bashirli was imprisoned on charges
of attempting to stage a coup with the help of the Armenian special
services. After Bashirli’s arrest, violent pickets took place for
several days outside of PFPA headquarters. Baku police have since
faced criticism for doing little to prevent the attacks.
Tagiyev’s accusations do not target the government alone. The
PFPA advisor claims that Igbal Agazade, leader of the opposition
Umid Party, invited him to meet with two Security Ministry agents,
identified as Ilgar Agayev and Elchin Guliyev, to discuss the plan.
Agazade, released from prison in 2005 for allegedly helping to incite
the riots that followed President Aliyev’s October 2003 election,
has since denied any collaboration with the Security Ministry,
attributing the accusation down to a PFPA bias against his party.
[For additional information see the Eurasia Insight archive].
Appearing at the news conference with Tagiyev, Kerimli stated that
he had been informed about the actions planned against the PFPA, and
had, therefore, told party members not to respond to the attacks on
PFPA headquarters that followed Bashirli’s arrest. “It is a flagrant
illegality and violation of the law by the country’s special services,”
Kerimli said. “Instead of fighting threats to national security,
the ministry is involved in a dirty struggle against the nation.”
Commenting on the charges, ministry spokesperson Arif Babayev called
Tagiyev’s allegations “nonsense.” The fact that the Tagiyev-Kerimli
news conference coincided with a visit to Azerbaijan by Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe President Rene van der Linden was
not accidental, Babayev argued. “They [the opposition] always prepare
some ‘provocations’ for such guests,” Babayev said. The PFPA has since
filed a lawsuit against the ministry in Sabayil District Court in Baku.
Some human rights activists support Tagiyev’s charge that the
government is attempting to interfere in the election process.
Isakhan Ashurov, chairman of the Independent Lawyers League and a
member of the opposition Musavat Party, told EurasiaNet that Elchin
Guliyev came to his office in June 2005 to arrest Pirali Orujev,
a Musavat activist on charges of allegedly planning a terrorist act
against Bakhram Shukurov, an appeals court judge and president of
the pro-government Azad Azerbaijan television station.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) strongly
condemned the attacks on the PFPA headquarters, which took place amid a
breakdown in OSCE-sponsored talks between the government and opposition
parties on ways to foster a peaceful campaign environment. Like the
Council of Europe, the OSCE has strongly pressured President Aliyev
to hold free and fair parliamentary elections, scheduled for November
6. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
At a September 1 news conference in Baku, Special Representative of the
Council of Europe to Azerbaijan Mats Lindberg expressed optimism for a
free and fair vote, noting that, aside from delays in issuing identity
cards and voter cards, the registration of candidates appeared to be
going largely according to plan. “No one has been denied registration,
and it seems that this process will finish according to schedule,”
Lindberg said, the news agency Bilik Dunyasi reported.
Nonetheless, opposition members and activists continue to be targeted
for harassment and arrest. In recent weeks, scores of young members of
the PFPA, Musavat and Democratic Party of Azerbaijan have been arrested
for dissemination of leaflets urging people to check that their names
are correctly listed on official voter lists. Individual activists
in the regions, particularly the autonomous republic of Nakhichivan,
have been arrested on a variety of minor charges, and in May 2005,
Almaz Guliyeva, a British national and the niece of exiled Democratic
Party of Azerbaijan Chairman Rasul Guliyev, was arrested at the Baku
airport under suspicion of carrying a gun.
Of late, opposition rallies have been held with little interference
by authorities. Attendance at the latest demonstration, on August
27, was estimated at about 15,000, the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
reported. “The last opposition rally gathered even more people than
the opposition had in their rally before the [Ruslan] Bashirli case,”
noted Hikmet Hajizade, head of the Far-Center: [For additional
information see the Eurasia Insight archive].
The recent arrest of Merab Jibutia, a Georgian citizen identified
by the Azerbaijani government as one of the alleged Armenian agents
working with Bashirli, has further aroused PFPA suspicions. On
August 26, Azerbaijani border guards arrested Jibutia crossing
into Azerbaijan from Georgia, allegedly to “meet with Bashirli
and clarify the situation,” according to a statement issued by the
prosecutor-general’s office.
Fuad Mustafayev, deputy chairman of the Popular Front, argued that the
prosecutor’s statement was flawed: “Why would a person declared by the
Azerbaijani government to be an Armenian spy come to Azerbaijan? Where
would he meet Bashirli? In jail? The authorities have stirred up
trouble, and now . . . are sinking into the lie more and more.”
International organizations have not responded to charges of government
provocation against the opposition. Rather, their focus remains on
encouraging authorities to hold an above-board vote. Said Lindberg:
“We very much hope and expect that the [November parliamentary]
election will be free and fair and that the presidential instruction
in this regard will be implemented in full.”
Editor’s Note: Khadija Ismayilova is a freelance journalist based
in Baku.

VANADZOR BUSINESSMEN SENT NINETEEN CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
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On September 1, 2005, thanks to a group of Vanadzor businessmen,
19 children had the opportunity to go to school properly clothed
and outfitted. Approximately 350 thousand drams were spent to obtain
for these children the necessary clothes, stationery, etc, to enable
them to go to school as their friends do.
The information on children who did not have proper clothes and school
supplies was collected by ACRPC at the rally-meeting held July 1 under
the motto No Child Devoid of Education, which was a part of Global
Campaign White Band Day 1. The rally was implemented in Armenia by
the National Coalition against Poverty in conjunction with the Oxfam
GB charity organization.
The information received was thoroughly studied, the needs of every
child were clarified, price inquiries were carried out, and then
written requests concerning the problem were sent to community leaders
and successful businessmen. The community response was very gratifying.
In conjunction with the Oxfam GB charity organization of the Civil
Society Partnership Network, ACRPC also plans to join the September
10 White Band Day 2 campaign by organizing a series of events in
various marzes of Armenia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

DIE WELT, Deutschland
2. September 2005
Türkisches Gericht klagt Pamuk an;
Dem Schriftsteller droht wegen einer Armenien-Äußerung Haftstrafe
von Boris Kalnoky
Istanbul – In ihrem ehrgeizigen Streben, eines Tages zur europäischen
Staatenfamilie gehören zu dürfen, macht die Türkei vieles
eindrucksvoll richtig. Mancher Schritt geht freilich so arg daneben,
daß selbst wohlgesinnte Beobachter Bauchgrimmen bekommen. Der bislang
schrillste Mißklang ist die Entscheidung eines Istanbuler
Staatsanwaltes, den international anerkanntesten Schriftsteller des
Landes vor Gericht zu zerren. Orhan Pamuk muß sich am 16. Dezember
des Vorwurfs erwehren, die “türkische Identität verunglimpft” zu
haben.
Konkret geht es um eine Aussage Pamuks, in der Türkei seien 30 000
Kurden und eine Million Armenier getötet worden und niemand rede
darüber.
Viel wird wirklich nicht darüber geredet, denn der Gummi-Paragraph
301/1, der besser zu einem totalitären Regime als in die
demokratische Türkei passen würde, bedroht jeden mit sechs bis 36
Monaten Gefängnis, der das tut. Dieses Strafmaß gilt auch für Pamuk.
Was denn die “türkische Identität” sein soll, die es da mit Gewalt
vor jeglicher Kritik zu schützen gilt, das bleibt ebenso unerklärt
wie die Frage, was genau an Pamuks Aussagen einen Angriff auf besagte
Identität darstellen soll. Daß mindestens 30 000 Kurden getötet
wurden, das gilt allgemein als historisch korrekt und wurde indirekt
auch von türkischen Staatsanwälten ins Feld geführt, als es darum
ging, Kurdenführer Abdullah Öcalan zu verurteilen. Freilich war da
nur von “mehr als 30 000 Todesopfern” im Guerillakrieg der PKK die
Rede. Daß die meisten von ihnen Kurden waren, wurde nicht präzisiert.
Was die armenischen Opfer betrifft, so wird man Pamuk vermutlich
bitten, Beweise für die Zahl “eine Million” zu erbringen. Das kann
schwer werden, da es keine verläßlichen Opferzahlen gibt. Die
armenischen Behauptungen von “1,5 Millionen Opfern” beim “Genozid”
von 1915 sind mit Sicherheit übertrieben, die türkischen
Regierungszahlen von rund “300 000 Opfern” der “Vertreibung” gelten
bei den meisten nichttürkischen Historikern als stark untertrieben.
600 000 bis 800 000 Todesopfer ist ein Mittelwert, auf den sich
gemäßigte Historiker eingestellt haben, freilich ohne diese Zahl
dokumentieren zu können.
Aber die Zahlenklauberei lenkt nur von der Hauptsache ab, daß es
nämlich zu Vergehen gegen die Menschlichkeit gekommen ist, für die
der Staat, dessen Schutz die damaligen ottomanischen Bürger
anbefohlen waren, direkt verantwortlich war, da es doch die Regierung
war, die die Vertreibung der armenischen Zivilbevölkerung anordnete
und organisierte. Daß es dabei zu großen Verlusten an Menschenleben
kommen würde, zumal die Opfer ohne Verpflegung oder Infrastruktur
bewußt in die Gluthölle der syrischen Wüste gebracht wurden, das
müssen die türkischen Führer gewußt und in Kauf genommen haben.
Die große Frage ist nun, ob im Verfahren gegen Pamuk ein übereifriger
konservativer Staatsanwalt als Einzelgänger vorprescht, um den besten
geistigen Botschafter der liberaleren Türkei außer Gefecht zu setzen
– oder ob dahinter Politiker die Fäden ziehen. Immerhin läuft seit
Monaten eine staatlich organisierte und koordinierte Kampagne in der
Genozid-Debatte. Die Regierung hat erkannt, daß das internationale
“Vorurteil”, es habe einen Genozid an den Armeniern gegeben,
potentiell zu großem politischen Schaden führen kann, und ist nun
bemüht, die Initiative zu ergreifen, um die Genozid-These zu
entkräften. Das Verfahren gegen Pamuk paßt in diese Strategie ebenso
hinein wie vor einiger Zeit die Torpedierung einer
Historikerkonferenz. Da hatte der Justizminister vor dem Parlament
gegen die Organisatoren gewütet, und diese hatten prompt die ganze
Veranstaltung abgeblasen.
Pamuk sieht sich übrigens nicht nur juristisch unter Druck.
Rechtsextreme Kreise wie die “Idealisten” (einst besser als “Graue
Wölfe” bekannt), aber auch große Massenzeitungen wie “Hürriyet”
beschimpfen ihn, ein “Nestbeschmutzer” zu sein, ein Schwarzmacher,
ein Lügner, ein Untürke. Der Rufmord an Pamuk ist in den Massenmedien
längst vollzogen. Der Schriftsteller, den schrille türkische
Schreiberlinge schon so lange an den Pranger stellen, wird nun
anläßlich seines Verfahrens erst recht öffentlichen Haßtiraden
preisgegeben sein. Da kann man nur hoffen, daß nicht eines Tages die
häufigen anonymen Drohungen wahr werden, er solle darauf achten, was
er sagt, um nicht zu Schaden zu kommen.
Die Europäische Union ihrerseits wird interessiert beobachten, wie
ein Land, welches der europäischen Wertegemeinschaft angehören will,
einen Schriftsteller verfolgt, der seine Meinung zu sagen wagt.
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