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Thursday, February 02, 2012

Jewish author Auster hits back at Turkish PM Erdogan

Jewish author Auster hits back at Turkish PM Erdogan
By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/02/2012 13:49
Acclaimed novelist Paul Auster hit back at Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday, saying that there are nearly one hundred writers falsely imprisoned in Turkey. Earlier in the week, Auster refused to visit Turkey in protest of the jailing of the journalists, drawing the ire of Erdogan, who accused the author of a double standard for supporting Israel.

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