Subjected to a hate campaign, he left Turkey, before returning in 2005 to defend his right to freedom of speech: "What happened to the Ottoman Armenians in 1915 was a major thing that was hidden from the Turkish nation; it was a taboo.
Tivo que abandonar Turquía, antes de volver en 2005 para defender o seu dereito á liberdade de expresión: "O que lle pasou ós armenios otománs en 1915 foi unha cousa importante que se lle ocultou á nación turca; era un tabú.