AGAIN WRITER FACES TRIAL IN TURKEY
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
04.06.2009
/PanARMENIAN .Net/ Turkish-French author Nedim Gursel still faces a
lawsuit for his novel "Allah’ýn Kýzlarý" (Daughters of God). The
novel, which was released last year in March by Doðan Publishing
House, is still being tried for insulting religious values under
Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code. Gursel was first tried for his
second novel. The storybook titled "Kadýnlar Kitabý" (Women’s Book),
which was released in 1983 and removed from shelves in the same week,
was charged with having offended the public, Hurriyet Daily News says.
Gursel left Turkey in the same year and moved to Paris, where he
still lives and serves as the president of France’s National Center
for Scientific Research, or CNRS.