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Turkish Writer Threatened

TheOldMole Sep 16 2006 08:37 PM

From my friend Boria, so I know it's authentic. Elif Shafak, a Turkish Writer of my acquaintance, as been arrested for "insulting Turkishness" and is awaiting trial this Thursday. The ground is a passage in her recent novel The Bastard of Istanbul, in which a character alludes to the genocide of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey, which some believe anticipated the Holocaust. An article about it from the New York Times may be found at: http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/814/prmID/172. As a child of the American left, I, personally, am reminded here of the denial of the crimes of Stalin in the milieu in which I was raised. Well, if anybody wants to send a short email to the Turkish embassy asking that charges against Elif Shafak be dropped, the name and email address are: Cc: H.E. Nabi Şensoy The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey 2525 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 Fax: (202) 612-6744 Email: contact@turkishembassy.org

Edgy DC Sep 16 2006 08:50 PM

Done.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 16 2006 09:02 PM

And done.

metirish Sep 21 2006 10:02 AM

[url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2368498,00.html]Novelist cleared of insulting Turkishness[/url]

Edgy DC Sep 21 2006 10:58 AM

Cooby must've written.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 21 2006 11:00 AM

She gets results when she uses the word "lameass."

cooby Sep 21 2006 11:05 AM

No, I was a little leary of the Turkish embassy having my email address...

Edgy DC Sep 21 2006 11:19 AM

Anyhow, congrats to Ms.Shafak and TheOldMole. Let her know that I had her back.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 21 2006 11:33 AM

cooby wrote: No, I was a little leary of the Turkish embassy having my email address... I sent them my e-mail address and now I get cranberry sauce coupons and stuffing recipes!

cooby Sep 21 2006 11:35 AM

Maybe you and Eva and Steve can discuss them over coffee while you are waiting for the Christian loan officer to get back to you Ooops, I mean Jeff.