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Orhan Pamuk Welcomed with Placard "There Was No Armenian Genocide"
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.12.2006 17:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A conference titled "Orhan Pamuk and Literature"
was held Sabanci University, Istanbul, December 21. It had been the
first meeting of Orhan Pamuk with Turkish readers since he received
the Nobel Prize, Milliyet reports.
During the conference two students raised a placard which said
"There was no Armenian Genocide". While Pamuk was calmly looking at
them the audience gave a sharp reaction and the students had to live
the conference.
To remind, in an interview with a Swiss newspaper Pamuk said that
30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were slaughtered in Turkey
during World War I. Later, when receiving the Peace Award in Frankfurt
he said, "I repeat, 30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were
slaughtered in our state. I am consistent in my utterances."
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.12.2006 17:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A conference titled "Orhan Pamuk and Literature"
was held Sabanci University, Istanbul, December 21. It had been the
first meeting of Orhan Pamuk with Turkish readers since he received
the Nobel Prize, Milliyet reports.
During the conference two students raised a placard which said
"There was no Armenian Genocide". While Pamuk was calmly looking at
them the audience gave a sharp reaction and the students had to live
the conference.
To remind, in an interview with a Swiss newspaper Pamuk said that
30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were slaughtered in Turkey
during World War I. Later, when receiving the Peace Award in Frankfurt
he said, "I repeat, 30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were
slaughtered in our state. I am consistent in my utterances."