He is not the first writer to live far from his homeland, but Nedim Gürsel, one of Turkey's greatest authors, likes to think of himself as a bridge, not only between two nations, but between the we...
He is not the first writer to live far from his homeland, but Nedim Gürsel, one of Turkey's greatest authors, likes to think of himself as a bridge, not only between two nations, but between the west and the east. He fled his country during the military coup of 1980, and is now a naturalised Frenchman living in Paris where he heads research at the CNRS, and holds conferences on Europe. His latest was at Paris's Science-Politics grande ecole. Nowadays he is a frequent visitor to his homeland, but he still faces a blasphemy trial for his novel "Allah's daughters", published in Turkey last year. The state prosecutor has already called for his aquittal, but there remains a one to two-year prison term at stake. Euronews caught up with Nedim Gèrsel in Paris.
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