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NOBEL LAUREATE DENIES RELATIONSHIP WITH TURKISH-ARMENIAN ARTIST
epress.am
01.25.2012
Turkey's Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has denied he is in a romantic
relationship with artist Karolin Fişekçi, sending her a formal
notification through his lawyer that he would file a legal complaint
if she does not stop her public remarks suggesting that she is the
novelist's girlfriend, Today's Zaman reports.
Fişekçi, a Turkish Armenian painter, was photographed with Pamuk
two months ago at a shopping mall in New York, sparking widespread
speculations in the Turkish media that Pamuk broke up with Indian
writer Kiran Desai and is now together with Fişekçi.
The 32-year-old painter (pictured below) then has made numerous
statements to the Turkish media confirming the reports and said
Pamuk's relationship with Desai had ended and that they are mere
business associates now.
Pamuk's lawyer Haluk İnancı said in a formal notification addressing
Fişekçi that Pamuk last saw Fişekçi at a mall in New York two months
ago and that he has had no contact with her since. "Fişekçi is not my
client's girlfriend," İnancı said. İnancı said Fişekçi's statements
describing Pamuk's relationship with Desai as a business relation was
"untrue."
İnancı said Fişekçi's statements were an insult to Pamuk's privacy and
against not only morality but also laws. "My client has not authorized
anyone to speak on his behalf. It seems Fişekçi is not aware that
she is committing a crime while violating Pamuk's privacy," he said,
warning that Fişekçi will face a legal complaint and a compensation
request if she does not stop her statements.
epress.am
01.25.2012
Turkey's Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has denied he is in a romantic
relationship with artist Karolin Fişekçi, sending her a formal
notification through his lawyer that he would file a legal complaint
if she does not stop her public remarks suggesting that she is the
novelist's girlfriend, Today's Zaman reports.
Fişekçi, a Turkish Armenian painter, was photographed with Pamuk
two months ago at a shopping mall in New York, sparking widespread
speculations in the Turkish media that Pamuk broke up with Indian
writer Kiran Desai and is now together with Fişekçi.
The 32-year-old painter (pictured below) then has made numerous
statements to the Turkish media confirming the reports and said
Pamuk's relationship with Desai had ended and that they are mere
business associates now.
Pamuk's lawyer Haluk İnancı said in a formal notification addressing
Fişekçi that Pamuk last saw Fişekçi at a mall in New York two months
ago and that he has had no contact with her since. "Fişekçi is not my
client's girlfriend," İnancı said. İnancı said Fişekçi's statements
describing Pamuk's relationship with Desai as a business relation was
"untrue."
İnancı said Fişekçi's statements were an insult to Pamuk's privacy and
against not only morality but also laws. "My client has not authorized
anyone to speak on his behalf. It seems Fişekçi is not aware that
she is committing a crime while violating Pamuk's privacy," he said,
warning that Fişekçi will face a legal complaint and a compensation
request if she does not stop her statements.