Writer Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's only Nobel laureate, is used to earning an income through his words. But a recent decision by Turkey's Court of Appeals means that Pamuk will also now have to start paying because of his words.
From the Bianet website:
Writer Orhan Pamuk has to pay a TL 6,000 (€ 3,000) monetary fine in compensation to six people who complained about the Nobel Prize laureate. The compensation claim stemmed from Pamuk's statement "We killed 30,000 Kurds and one million Armenians" made during a newspaper interview in Switzerland.
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