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17/12/2005
Novelist Pamuk's trial suspended in Turkey
The trial of acclaimed Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, who is charged with insulting the Turkish nation, has been suspended until next year.
The case centres on remarks that Pamuk made to a Swiss magazine earlier this year about the mass killings of Kurds and Armenians in the early years of the 20th Century.
An Istanbul judge said the prosecution could not proceed until it had been approved by the ministry of justice.
Pamuk was indicted for telling the Swiss magazine Tages Anzeiger in February, that "thirty thousand Kurds and one million Armenians were killed in these lands, and nobody but me dares to talk about it".
EU observers were present in court in Istanbul today and the EU has warned the trial raises doubts over free speech in Turkey.
Pamuk faces a possible three-year jail term for "insulting Turkish identity".
Bibliofemme Reviews: Snow by Orhan Pamuk
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