Writer repeats Turk deaths claim
Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has stood by controversial remarks he made about Turkey’s killing of Armenians during World War I and Kurds in the 1980s. He was speaking in Germany, where he has been awarded a major peace prize. “I repeat, I said loud and clear that one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey,” Mr Pamuk said, echoing comments he made in February. Full Story