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Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey's most respected and famous novelists, faces up to three years in prison for insulting the national character. Pamuk "insulted" the nation in an interview with a Swiss newspaper by mentioning the 1 million Armenians killed by Turks early in the 20th century and the 30,000 Kurds killed by the government since 1984.