Sunday, October 23, 2005

News Analysis: Prosecution of novelist may hurt Turkish goal - Europe - International Herald Tribune

"News Analysis: Prosecution of novelist may hurt Turkish goal
By Stephen Kinzer The New York Times

ISTANBUL After years of waiting, Turkey was invited this month to begin discussions that may lead to membership in a very exclusive club: the European Union.

The stakes are high for Turkey and possibly even for relations between the Western and Islamic worlds. A legal fight between a Turkish prosecutor and the country's leading novelist, Orhan Pamuk, however, has complicated the talks."



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