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Soli Ozel

Soli Ozel is a Professor of International Relations at Bigli University in Istanbul and editorialist of the Turkish daily Sabah. He is an expert of the Project Syndicate.

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“Freedom-of-speech issue must not hide progress”

by Soli Ozel

16 September 2005

In December, the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk will appear in a court of his country for he dared to affirm to a Swiss newspaper that Turkey had killed 30 000 Kurds and one million Armenians, but the issue was still a taboo. This trial contravenes freedom of speech and it is necessary to be (...)