"Turkey draws back from prosecuting outspoken novelist
· Charges of insulting state are dropped after outcry
· Decision avoids freedom of speech clash with EU
Ian Traynor
Monday January 23, 2006
The Guardian
The Turkish authorities have dropped charges against the celebrated novelist Orhan Pamuk, according to reports last night from Istanbul, thus avoiding the international opprobrium which would have mounted if he had been convicted of a crime for expressing his opinion."
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