Ankara: The Swedish Academy, which selects Nobel Laureates for Literature, said on Monday it was pursuing the case against Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan. pamuk, which is under investigation for allegedly insulting modern TurkeyThe founder of in his latest novel.
In a brief statement, the Swedish Academy said it expected Turkey to honor its international commitments and that it was monitoring the “treatment” that Pamuk – which won the Literature Prize in 2006 – was receiving in the country. .
Turkish authorities launched an investigation into Pamuk earlier this year after a lawyer based in Izmir, western Turkey, claimed the author insulted the Turkish founder. Mustafa Kemal Ataturki In his latest novel, “Knights of Plague”. The lawyer claimed that the passages in the novel were in violation of laws protecting Ataturk’s memory.
The investigation initially decided not to prosecute, but the lawyer appealed the decision and the investigation was reopened.
Pamuk and his publishing company, Yapi Kredi Yainsilik, have denied claims that the novel insults Ataturk.
“In ‘Knights of Plague’, which I worked on for 5 years, there is no disrespect to the heroic founders of nation states,” the Biannet news website quoted Pamuk as saying. “In contrast, the novel was written with respect and admiration for these liberal and heroic leaders.”
Turks still respect Ataturk, who carved modern Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of World War I.
before winning Nobel Prize, Pamuk went on trial in Turkey on charges of “insulting Turkey”, after telling a Swiss newspaper that 1 million Armenians were killed on Turkish territory in the early 20th century.
Historians estimate that, in the final days of the Ottoman Empire, 1.5 million Armenians were executed by the Ottoman Turks in what is widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century.
While Turkey acknowledged that many people died in that era, the country rejected the term genocide, saying that the death toll had risen and that the deaths resulted from civil unrest during the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The suit against Pamuk was later dismissed due to a technicality.
In a brief statement, the Swedish Academy said it expected Turkey to honor its international commitments and that it was monitoring the “treatment” that Pamuk – which won the Literature Prize in 2006 – was receiving in the country. .
Turkish authorities launched an investigation into Pamuk earlier this year after a lawyer based in Izmir, western Turkey, claimed the author insulted the Turkish founder. Mustafa Kemal Ataturki In his latest novel, “Knights of Plague”. The lawyer claimed that the passages in the novel were in violation of laws protecting Ataturk’s memory.
The investigation initially decided not to prosecute, but the lawyer appealed the decision and the investigation was reopened.
Pamuk and his publishing company, Yapi Kredi Yainsilik, have denied claims that the novel insults Ataturk.
“In ‘Knights of Plague’, which I worked on for 5 years, there is no disrespect to the heroic founders of nation states,” the Biannet news website quoted Pamuk as saying. “In contrast, the novel was written with respect and admiration for these liberal and heroic leaders.”
Turks still respect Ataturk, who carved modern Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of World War I.
before winning Nobel Prize, Pamuk went on trial in Turkey on charges of “insulting Turkey”, after telling a Swiss newspaper that 1 million Armenians were killed on Turkish territory in the early 20th century.
Historians estimate that, in the final days of the Ottoman Empire, 1.5 million Armenians were executed by the Ottoman Turks in what is widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century.
While Turkey acknowledged that many people died in that era, the country rejected the term genocide, saying that the death toll had risen and that the deaths resulted from civil unrest during the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The suit against Pamuk was later dismissed due to a technicality.
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