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ORHAN PAMUK OFFICIALLY BECOMES FRENCH LEGION OF HONOUR OFFICER
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October 30, 2012 | 13:39
Renowned Turkish writer and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in
Literature, Orhan Pamuk, was officially decorated, in France on Monday
evening, with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France.
Pamuk, whose books have sold over 11-million copies all through the
world, left Turkey in 2007 and settled in the US, Lenta.ru reports.
He was forced to emigrate because of his persecution by Turkish
nationalists, which had started after his interview with a Swiss
newspaper. In an interview with a Swiss newspaper in 2005, Orhan
Pamuk had stated that the Turks had killed a million Armenians and 30
thousand Kurds in 1915. "And almost nobody dares to mention that. So I
do," Pamuk said. Subsequently, the Turkish authorities opened criminal
proceedings against him under the Turkish Criminal Code's infamous
Article 301, that is, for explicitly insulting the Turkish identity.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Orhan Pamuk recently
received Denmark's most prestigious prize in literature. The Sonning
Prize, which is worth one-million Danish kroner, was awarded to Pamuk
in Copenhagen. Representatives from Denmark's Armenian community
likewise were on hand at the ceremony, but Turkey's Ambassador to
Denmark was not in attendance.
news.am
October 30, 2012 | 13:39
Renowned Turkish writer and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in
Literature, Orhan Pamuk, was officially decorated, in France on Monday
evening, with the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France.
Pamuk, whose books have sold over 11-million copies all through the
world, left Turkey in 2007 and settled in the US, Lenta.ru reports.
He was forced to emigrate because of his persecution by Turkish
nationalists, which had started after his interview with a Swiss
newspaper. In an interview with a Swiss newspaper in 2005, Orhan
Pamuk had stated that the Turks had killed a million Armenians and 30
thousand Kurds in 1915. "And almost nobody dares to mention that. So I
do," Pamuk said. Subsequently, the Turkish authorities opened criminal
proceedings against him under the Turkish Criminal Code's infamous
Article 301, that is, for explicitly insulting the Turkish identity.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Orhan Pamuk recently
received Denmark's most prestigious prize in literature. The Sonning
Prize, which is worth one-million Danish kroner, was awarded to Pamuk
in Copenhagen. Representatives from Denmark's Armenian community
likewise were on hand at the ceremony, but Turkey's Ambassador to
Denmark was not in attendance.