"EU enlargement chief meets with Orhan Pamuk
05:30 2005-10-09
The European Union enlargement chief met with Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk at his home in Istanbul, where the two discussed freedom of expression ahead of Pamuk's December trial for allegedly insulting the Turkish identity.
A Turkish prosecutor used a clause in the Turkish penal code to open a case against Pamuk, one of Turkey's most successful writers, for remarks he made about the deaths of Kurds and Armenians in Turkey. The clause has also been used in recent days to convict an Armenian-Turkish journalist, raising concerns about Turkey's tolerance of free expression."
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