![]() ![]() ![]() Reiterating Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn’s opinion that “not just Pamuk but Turkey also was on trial” in Istanbul, MEP Geoffrey Van Orden said that the “scenes in the courthouse were chaotic and became very aggressive”. The article has drawn criticism from all over the world.Īccording to observer accounts, Pamuk’s initial hearing on 16 December took place amid chaotic scenes. Pamuk is set to be tried under the criticised Article 301 of the recently revised Turkish penal code. ![]() Pamuk, 53, often mentioned as a Nobel Prize candidate, faces up to three years in jail for “insulting Turkish identity” by telling a Swiss newspaper that one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in the country in the 20th century. The Istanbul court deliberating the case of the well known Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk decided to adjourn the trial until 7 February 2006 to give the Turkish Justice Ministry time to establish whether the case was in line with judicial procedures. ![]() Amid chaotic scenes in and outside the courtroom, the trial of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has been adjourned until 7 February 2006. An MEP called it “a black day for Turkey’s accession process”. ![]()
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