"Free Speech for Turkey
Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Page A24
Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey's most acclaimed writers, is facing up to three years in prison. His offense, according to the state prosecutor? 'Public denigrating of Turkish identity.' Specifically, Mr. Pamuk told a Swiss newspaper in February that certain topics were off-limits for discussion in Turkey -- citing the massacre of Armenians in 1915 and the more recent conflicts between Turkish security forces and Kurdish separatists. 'Thirty-thousand Kurds were killed here, 1 million Armenians as well. And almost no one talks about it,' he said. 'Therefore, I do.'"
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