The European community is watching Turkey – an aspirant to the European family – persecuting well-known Turkish novelist, who expressed his opinion about the Armenian Genocide, Die Welt reports. The matter concerns Pamuk’s statements on 1.5 million Armenians slaughtered in the Ottoman Empire. Pamuk is to stand trial on December 16, 2005. His words can be interpreted as offence “of the Turkish national self-consciousness.” In the court Orhan Pamuk will have to prove that 1.5 million Armenians were really killed. The persecutions of Pamuk arouse a question. Is it a purposeful action to remove the “best Ambassador of liberal Turkey” or is it a part of a political campaign coordinated at the state level?
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