As though to further highlight the issue, an international controversy has since developed over charges brought against writer Orhan Pamuk for comments he made to a Swiss newspaper about two highly sensitive issues in Turkey -- the massacres of Armenians during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, and mass casualties among Kurds as a result of the separatist conflict with Turkish security forces.
Ono što je dodatno ukazalo na taj problem međunarodna je polemika do koje je došlo zbog podizanje optužnice protiv pisca Orhana Pamuka zbog njegovih izjava švicarskom listu o dvama vrlo osjetljivim pitanjima u Turskoj -- pokolju Armenaca u posljednjim danima Otomanskog carstva i velike žrtve među Kurdima kao rezultat sukoba separatista s turskim snagama sigurnosti.