Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey's most respected novelists, faces up to three years in prison for "insulting" the national character.Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born on June 7, 1952 in Istanbul), generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia University.[1] Pamuk is often regarded as a post-modern writer. , one of Turkey's most respected novelists, faces up to three years in prison for "insulting in·sult v. in·sult·ed, in·sult·ing, in·sults v.tr. 1. a. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See Synonyms at offend. b. " the national character. He accomplished this in an interview with a Swiss newspaper by mentioning the 1 million Armenians The following are prominent people of Armenian descent. Actors
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