THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-Pamuk insists on 1 million Armenians being killed in Turkey

Pamuk insists on 1 million Armenians being killed in Turkey
15:41 • 17.01.11
In a recent interview with the Turkish newspaper Radikal, renowned Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk insisted on his previous statements on one million Armenians being killed in Turkey."I do not renounce my statements on the Armenians and Kurds killed in Ottoman Empire," he told the paper."I am not a politician, I am a man of literature," he said.The Turkish intellectual particularly spoke of the current situation in his country, as well as the Turkish culture and Turkish nationalists' attempts to distort his literary works and ideas."Turkey is on the cross-road between two worlds. It has different aspects which is natural. But the schizophrenia between the East and West is deteriorating in the country. The situation also affects our culture. Often, political decisions shaped our cultural image," he stated.In 2005 Orhan Pamuk received the €25,000 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his literary work, in which he said "Europe and Islamic Turkey find a place for one another." The award presentation was held at Paul's Church, Frankfurt.Pamuk's books are characterized by a confusion or loss of identity brought on in part by the conflict between Western and Eastern values. In June 2005, Turkey introduced a new penal code including Article 301 which establishes liability for insulting the Turksih identity. Pamuk was retroactively charged with violating this law in the interview he had given four months earlier.Currently residing in the United States, Pamuk delivers lectures at the Columbia University.
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