PEN America Issues Statement on Turkish Court Acquittal of Novelist Erdogan
February 15, 2020
February 15, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 -- PEN America issued the following statement:
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- After years of judicial harassment, novelist Asli Erdogan exonerated
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PEN America welcomed news that a Turkish court acquitted novelist Asli Erdogan of trumped-up terrorism charges.
The following statement is from Karin Deutsch Karlekar, director of Free Expression at Risk Programs at PEN America.
"We are hugely relieved that novelist . . .
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- After years of judicial harassment, novelist Asli Erdogan exonerated
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PEN America welcomed news that a Turkish court acquitted novelist Asli Erdogan of trumped-up terrorism charges.
The following statement is from Karin Deutsch Karlekar, director of Free Expression at Risk Programs at PEN America.
"We are hugely relieved that novelist . . .