Ankara: Swedish Academy who chose the Nobel Laurates in literature said that Monday followed the case against Turkey Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, who was being investigated for allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey in his latest novel.
In a brief statement, the Swedish Academy said expecting Turkey to respect its international commitment and that it was monitoring “care” that Pamuk – who won the literature prize in 2006 – received in the country.
Turkish authorities launched a Pamuk investigation earlier this year after the lawyer based in Izmir, West Turkey, claimed that the author insulted the Founder of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in his latest novel, “night outbreaks.” The lawyer claimed that the parts of the novel violated the laws that protect the memory of Ataturk.
This investigation initially resulted in decisions not to demand, but the lawyer appealed the decision and investigation had been reopened.
Pamuk and publishing company, Yapi Yayincilik Kredi, has denied claims that this novel insulted Ataturk.
“In the ‘night-night’, which I did for 5 years, there was no disrespect for the founder of the nation’s heroic,” said the Bianet News website by saying Pamuk.
“On the contrary, the novel is written with respect and admiration for this libertarian and heroic leaders.” Turkey still satisfies Ataturk, who carved a modern turkey from the Ottoman Empire Abu behind World War I.
Before winning Prize Nobel, Pamuk standing at the trial in Turkey on charges of “insulting Turkey” after telling Swiss newspapers that 1 million Armenians were killed in the region Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century.
Historians estimate that, in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks in what was widely regarded as the first Genocide of the 20th century.
While Turkey acknowledged that many who died in the era, the country had rejected the term genocide, by saying that the victims were rising and death from civilian riots during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
The trial of Pamuk was then dismissed on the technical.