"Turkish scholar's detention contested
Supporters decry his arrest in Armenia
By Catherine Collins
Special to the Tribune
Published August 15, 2005
ISTANBUL -- In a rare display of cooperation, more than 200 international academics and intellectuals have sent a letter to the Armenian president urging the release of a Duke University scholar who went on trial this month in the former Soviet republic.
Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish background, has been charged with violating the Armenian criminal code, a catchall that forbids transporting contraband ranging from narcotics and poisons to nuclear weapons and cultural objects."
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