"EU watches as trial of Turkish author adjourned
Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:09 AM GMT8
By Ercan Ersoy
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The trial of best-selling Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk was adjourned on Friday in a case that has raised concern in the European Union over freedom of expression in Turkey and its bid for EU membership.
Istanbul Judge Metin Aydin said the trial would restart on February 7, 2006, to give the Justice Ministry time to decide whether the case was in line with judicial procedures at the request of the state prosecutor.
Pamuk faces a possible three-year jail term for 'insulting Turkish identity' by saying that a million Armenians were killed in massacres 90 years ago and 30,000 Kurds in recent decades -- issues he says are taboo in the country."
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