LIBRARY LIONS GALA HONORING ELIE WIESEL AND OPRAH WINFREY
Mr. Orhan Pamuk arrives for the Library Lions Gala at the New York Public Library in New York City on November 13, 2006. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo)
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ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A Turkish court on Monday dropped its prosecution of popular novelist Orhan Pamuk for "insulting Turkishness" is a magazine article.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Best-selling Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has escaped a charge of insulting Turkey's military but still faces trial for insulting "Turkishness."
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A judge in Istanbul Friday suspended the trial of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, accused of insulting his nation through his remarks about the killings of Kurds.
NEWPORT, Wales, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Turkey's charges against a well-known novelist have become another obstacle to its membership in the European Union.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk faces three years in prison if convicted on charges of "public denigrating of Turkish identity," his publisher says.
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