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    Roj TV, Denmark
    Feb 16 2005


    The intelligentsia and writers have backed Orhan Pamuk, threatened by
    racists

    The intelligentsia, authors, representatives of political parties and
    non-governmental organisations have backed the glorious Turkish
    author, Orhan Pamuk, who was reportedly menaced by racists after
    making a statements on Kurds and Armenians to a foreign daily.


    A group of the intelligentsia, writers, representatives of political
    parties and non-governmental organizations including also Musician
    Şanar Yurdatapan, authors Nazmiye Güçlü and Erdoğan Aydın,
    Vice-President of the International Federation of Human Rights
    Leagues Akın Birdal, Members of the 1st Peace Group Yüksel Genç,
    Gülten Uçar, Istanbul Chairman of the Democratic People's Party
    (DEHAP ) Cemal Kavak , Deputy President of the Free Party Cemal
    Coşgun have held a press conference in the Istanbul Office of the
    Human Rights Association (IHD) to boost Orhan Pamuk, who gained
    reputation abroad with his novel Beyaz Kale.

    The IHD's Istanbul Chairwoman, Eren Keskin, stated at the press
    conference that the attacks on Orhan Pamuk had burst and, the reason
    why Mr.Pamuk had been assaulted was his expressions on killed Kurds
    and Armenians."The attacks targetting Orhan Pamuk is aiming to blast
    the conditions with which Turkey may face its history with threat,
    intimidation and deter. Democratization is not possible without
    facing history. The first pre-condition for democratization is the
    free discussion environment" said Miss Keskin.

    ''The offenses have been committed against free thought"

    Vice-President of the International Federation of Human Rights
    Leagues Akın Birdal stating the experienced incidents are dramatic
    and prevent free thought in Turkey said:" As far as the
    intelligentsia keeps silent, these events are going to emerge. Turkey
    is already a country lack of the intelligentsia and one, where a coup
    d'etat appears every 10 years. No matter we have come to the 90th
    year of incidents Orhan Pamuk told, these will of course be argued on
    domestic and international platforms. The aggressions carried out
    against Pamuk are those which have been carried against thought.
    Pamuk is not alone."

    'Unless we sound, their vice goes up'

    There was also Orhan Pamuk taking part in the civil subordination
    actions we started 10 years ago, stating Şanar Yurda Tapan marked
    silence of the intelligentsia said: "Unless the intelligentsia sound,
    opposite parts' vice rises."

    --Boundary_(ID_ZSGy3XUxYzaxJXBElkVKuw)--
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