In June 2006 , Kemal Kerinçsiz , a nationalist lawyer , sued Elif Şafak due to allegedly " insulting Turkishness " in her novel by dealing with the Armenian Genocide in the last years of Ottoman Empire . The lawsuit was opened at Istanbul 's Beyoglu district court in accordance with Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code . After the prosecutor dropped the charges due to lack of insult , the lawyer refiled his complaint at a higher court , the Beyoglu 2nd Court of First Instance , in July 2006
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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