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Turkish writer on trial
Cyprus Observer, Cyprus
Aug 5, 2006
The Beyoglu prosecutor's office in Istanbul yesterday formally opened
a lawsuit against novelist and Turkish Daily News columnist Elif
Safak on charges of "insulting Turkishness", after a court approved
the indictment. The opening of the case against Safak was announced
on the same day that an Istanbul court dropped a lawsuit against
novelist Orhan Pamuk. Safak will stand trial because of the words
uttered by fictional Armenian characters in her novel "Baba ve Pic"
(The Bastard of Istanbul). She is accused of belittling Turkishness in
her book. Both the Pamuk and Safak cases were initiated by nationalist
lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz.
Cyprus Observer, Cyprus
Aug 5, 2006
The Beyoglu prosecutor's office in Istanbul yesterday formally opened
a lawsuit against novelist and Turkish Daily News columnist Elif
Safak on charges of "insulting Turkishness", after a court approved
the indictment. The opening of the case against Safak was announced
on the same day that an Istanbul court dropped a lawsuit against
novelist Orhan Pamuk. Safak will stand trial because of the words
uttered by fictional Armenian characters in her novel "Baba ve Pic"
(The Bastard of Istanbul). She is accused of belittling Turkishness in
her book. Both the Pamuk and Safak cases were initiated by nationalist
lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz.