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Kathimerini, Greece
July 29 2006
Turkish court rejects demand for damages against writer
ISTANBUL (AP) - A Turkish court yesterday dropped a lawsuit against
novelist Orhan Pamuk, rejecting a compensation demand by nationalists
from the author for claiming that Turkey had killed more than 1
million Armenians and more than 30,000 Kurds. Nationalist lawyer
Kemal Kerincsiz and five other nationalists were seeking 6,000
Turkish lira ($4,500 or 3,700 euros) each from Pamuk accusing him of
`insulting, humiliating and making false accusations.' Kerincsiz had
instigated an earlier high-profile court case against Pamuk for the
same comments, but those charges were dropped earlier this year,
under harsh criticism from the EU, which Turkey hopes to join.
July 29 2006
Turkish court rejects demand for damages against writer
ISTANBUL (AP) - A Turkish court yesterday dropped a lawsuit against
novelist Orhan Pamuk, rejecting a compensation demand by nationalists
from the author for claiming that Turkey had killed more than 1
million Armenians and more than 30,000 Kurds. Nationalist lawyer
Kemal Kerincsiz and five other nationalists were seeking 6,000
Turkish lira ($4,500 or 3,700 euros) each from Pamuk accusing him of
`insulting, humiliating and making false accusations.' Kerincsiz had
instigated an earlier high-profile court case against Pamuk for the
same comments, but those charges were dropped earlier this year,
under harsh criticism from the EU, which Turkey hopes to join.