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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Writer Acquitted Of Charges Of Insulting Turkishness According to MSNBC, the writer's ordeal began with "comments made by her fictional characters on the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during World War One." The MSNBC story went on to explain that "Ms Shafak, whose bestselling novels often challenge the humourlessness of official Turkish attitudes to history, politics and culture, is the latest writer to be prosecuted in cases brought by a nationalist lawyers' group that has become obsessed with silencing liberals and intellectuals." There are about 80 other similar cases waiting to be judged. Elif Shafak is one of Turkey's leading female authors and, as reported by the Washington Post, "Shafak, 35, gave birth on Saturday and was at a hospital in Istanbul and did not attend Thursday's trial. If convicted, she could have received a maximum three-year prison sentence." Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Sharon Secor at 1:10 PM |
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