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International Herald Tribune, France
Feb 1 2007
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk heads to U.S.
The Associated Press
Published: February 1, 2007
ANKARA, Turkey: Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk
boarded a plane for New York on Thursday to give a series of talks in
the United States, a day after he called off a visit to Germany.
"I will give talks at Columbia University and other universities,"
Pamuk told reporters at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, but refused to
answer questions on news reports that he had canceled his trip to
Germany over security concerns.
The German daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger had reported, without
specifying sources, that security concerns were behind the decision
not to go to Germany after a suspect in the killing in Turkey of
prominent journalist Hrant Dink last week shouted what appeared to be
a threat against Pamuk.
Germany has a population of at least 2.6 million people of Turkish
origin.
Pamuk, like Dink, spoke about the mass killings of Armenians in the
early 20th century - and like him has been accused of the crime of
"insulting Turkishness."
Prosecutors on Thursday arrested an eighth suspect in Dink's
assassination, while police sent two inspectors to Istanbul to
determine if there had been flaws in the police investigation, the
state-owned Anatolia news agency reported.
Feb 1 2007
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk heads to U.S.
The Associated Press
Published: February 1, 2007
ANKARA, Turkey: Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk
boarded a plane for New York on Thursday to give a series of talks in
the United States, a day after he called off a visit to Germany.
"I will give talks at Columbia University and other universities,"
Pamuk told reporters at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, but refused to
answer questions on news reports that he had canceled his trip to
Germany over security concerns.
The German daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger had reported, without
specifying sources, that security concerns were behind the decision
not to go to Germany after a suspect in the killing in Turkey of
prominent journalist Hrant Dink last week shouted what appeared to be
a threat against Pamuk.
Germany has a population of at least 2.6 million people of Turkish
origin.
Pamuk, like Dink, spoke about the mass killings of Armenians in the
early 20th century - and like him has been accused of the crime of
"insulting Turkishness."
Prosecutors on Thursday arrested an eighth suspect in Dink's
assassination, while police sent two inspectors to Istanbul to
determine if there had been flaws in the police investigation, the
state-owned Anatolia news agency reported.