Turkish Digest: Writer Orhan Pamuk targeted, Turkey alleges

Turkish Digest

ISSN No 1554-8414

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Writer Orhan Pamuk targeted, Turkey alleges - Los Angeles Times

"Writer Orhan Pamuk targeted, Turkey alleges

The Nobel Prize-winning author was among those slated to be killed by right-wing plotters against the state, an indictment says.
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 26, 2008
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- Right-wing plotters targeted prominent figures for assassination, including Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning author, and planned to attack NATO installations in Turkey, the government charged Friday in a wide-ranging indictment against what it described as a nationwide network of conspirators."

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Labels: Ergenekon, Nobel Prize, Orhan Pamuk

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