HERE WE GO AGAIN--TURKEY VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk fined for the phrase “Turks killed 1 million Armenians” March 28, 2011 00:18 Famous Turkish writer and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk must pay a compensation of 6, 000 liras (U.S. $ 4,000) for the phrase “Turks killed 1 million Armenians,” by the Turkish court’s decision. The writer was sued in 2005 by five people, including ultra-nationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz, as well as four other people who are relatives of soldiers killed in action. Pamuk has 15 days to appeal the court decision, according to the legal procedures. In 2005, after Pamuk made a statement regarding the mass killings of Armenians and Kurds in the Ottoman Empire, a criminal case was opened against him based on a complaint filed by ultra-nationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz. Kerincsiz appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal which ordered the court in Sisli to re-open the case. On March 27, 2011, Pamuk was found guilty and ordered to pay 6,000 liras in total compensation to five people. As reported earlier, in an interview with a Swiss newspaper in 2005, Pamuk said that Turks killed 1 million Armenians and 30, 000 Kurds in 1915. A month ago, Pamuk repeated his words in an interview with a Greek newspaper. News from Armenia - NEWS.am