AUTHOR ELIF SAFAK ACCUSED OF ‘INSULTING TURKISHNESS’ IN LATEST NOVEL
By Cihan News Agency

Zaman Online, Turkey
June 7 2006

Ultra-rightwing Turkish Lawyers Association Chairman Kemal Kerincsiz,
who is infamous for filing complaints against journalists and authors
in the country, has filed a complaint against author Elif Safak for
her book “Baba and Pic” (Father and Offspring).

Kemal Kerincsiz, who has sued famous Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk and
ethnic-Armenian writer Hrant Dink, has now also accused Elif Safak of
‘insulting Turkishness’ – over remarks made by Armenian characters
in her latest book.

“Baba and Pic” is the story of relations between an Armenian and two
Turkish families.

Elif Safak, who also writes for Zaman daily, has been summoned by the
Beyoglu Prosecutions Office to make a statement following Kerincsiz’s
complaint. Safak said that the remarks of the Diaspora Armenians in
her book had been wrongly attributed to her.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress