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    AZERBAIJANI WRITER TARGET OF ATTACKS DUE TO NOVEL CONTENT

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/azerbaijani-writer-target-of-attacks-due-to-novel-content.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40696&NewsCatID=386#.U RSyZD6I7Hh.email
    ISTANBUL - Hurriyet Daily News

    In his latest novel, Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli depicts
    Azerbaijani and Armenian friendship, yet due to the content he is
    the target of attacks

    'Those, who discuss my identity that I have no Armenian origin,'
    says Azerbaijani novelist Akram Aylisli as for attackers against his
    identity because of his novel.

    Vercihan [email protected]

    Famed Azerbaijani novelist Akram Aylisli has become the target of
    attacks both from the state and the public after the release of his
    latest novel, "Stone Dreams," which depicts Azerbaijani-Armenian
    friendship through its protagonists. A symbolic DNA test will be made
    today in Baku to prove if Aylisli is Armenian or not.

    A group of angry people gathered in front of the 76-year-old writer's
    house, painted a cross on Aylisli's photos and burned them, shouting
    slogans such as, "Traitor, shame on you!"

    Aylisli was the recipient of many national and international awards,
    and was also declared "Azerbaijani National Writer" in 1987, but
    President İlham Aliyev stripped him of all his national honors
    yesterday -- a first in the Caspian country's history. Aylisli also
    now faces denaturalization.

    Speaking to Hurriyet Daily News through e-mail regarding the events,
    Aylisli said that he saw similar attacks in the Soviet era. "But I
    have never seen anything like this. All these things are one of the
    worst forms of the Soviet Union ideology. They are carrying out a
    spiritual terror campaign against me. They even attack my family."

    "Those, who discuss my identity know that I have no Armenian origin,"
    Aylisli said of the DNA test. "I once again say that this is a
    spiritual terror campaign. Nobody can speak about my spirituality and
    morals." When asked about human rights and freedom of expression in
    Azerbaijan, he said, "In a country where a famous artist gets into
    that much trouble, it doesn't make sense to speak about human rights.

    They try to silence people of opposing views and enjoy it while
    doing it."

    "The main goal of the novel is to call for Armenians and Turks to
    live together," Aylisli said, adding that his novels had nothing to
    do with politics.

    'A route for peace should be sought'

    According to Aylisli, the novel begins with an incident. "Ten to 15
    young Azerbaijanis exiled from Armenia reach Azerbaijan's capital,
    Baku, where they encounter an old Armenian man, take of his clothes
    and beat and throw him into a pool. A famous Azerbaijani artist sees
    the incident and tries to help the old man. The young Azerbaijani
    men also start to beat him up. The incidents after this event take
    place in the inner world of the artist," he said.

    The book explores the artist's village, where he grew up, his childhood
    and personal life.

    The novel takes place in 1919 and discusses the Armenian massacre and
    incidents of 1915 and the resultant suffering, Aylisli said, adding
    that once upon a time Azerbaijanis and Armenians lived happily and
    in peace, and that they should endeavor to live in peace again.

    According to Aylisli, the hatred should end between the two nations
    and the Montenegro agreements can also be solved peacefully.

    "The representatives should search for ways to make the two nations
    live in harmony. My book is just a message. It is a message from a
    writer and an intellectual," Aylisli said.

    Born in1937 in an Azerbaijani village in Ordubad's Yukhari, Aylisli
    went on to write novels that have been translated into a variety
    of languages and published in several countries. In the meantime,
    Aylisli's son Necef Naibov, who is working for the Ministry of Customs,
    and his library director wife Galina Aleksandrovna, were fired from
    their jobs. A summer house, which was gifted to the famous writer by
    the state, was also taken from him.

    February/08/2013



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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