During a February 2005 interview with Das Magazin, novelist Orhan Pamuk made statements implicating Turkey in massacres against Armenians and persecution of the Kurds, declaring: "Thirty thousand Kurds and a million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody but me dares to talk about it".
Nunha entrevista concedida a un xornal suízo en febreiro de 2005, o novelista Orhan Pamuk fixo unhas declaracións implicando a Turquía nos masacres contra os armenios e na persecución dos curdos, dicindo: "Trinta mil curdos e un millón de armenios foron asasinados nestas terras e ninguén, excepto eu, se atreve a falar delo".