"Scholar's arrest fuels diplomatic dispute
Turkish man is held on Armenian charges
By Catherine Collins
Special to the Tribune
Published June 22, 2005
ISTANBUL -- The arrest of a Duke University doctoral student last week on charges of trying to smuggle rare books out of Armenia has stirred concerns among academics and officials and illustrates the quagmire of Turkish-Armenian relations.
The student, Yektan Turkyilmaz, was the first Turkish citizen ever given access to the Armenian national archives. He had just concluded his fourth research trip there Friday when he was arrested before boarding a plane at the airport in Yerevan, the Armenian capital."
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