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absence. Akhanlı denied any involvement in the crime and denounced the accusation as politically motivated and constructed. On 12 October 2011, Akhanlı was acquitted "for lack of evidence". Two witnesses had withdrawn their accusations, stating that they were forced by police to name Akhanlı. Thereafter the
Turkish authorities imposed an entry ban on the writer which was heavily criticized by German politician
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December 2010 he was released for lack of evidence. The trial continued in 2011 in his
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Akhanlı consistently displayed a very direct and open approach to historical violence, defending the universality of human rights and searching for the cause of the violence of the masses. His commitment in literature and political statements centered around the genocides of the 20th century, the
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in 1980 he went underground. From 1985 to 1987 he, his wife, and their 18-month-old son were imprisoned for political reasons in a military jail in
Istanbul, where he and his wife were tortured. In 1992 he fled to Germany and requested asylum. He lived in
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Turkish. He had been living in exile in Germany since 1992, after his political views led to several arrests in Turkey. His work is focused on the major
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he was set free, but he was not allowed to leave Madrid until the court decided about the
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Turkish, but I live in Germany. This is a difficult situation because I am not part of German literature, I am part of Turkish literature."
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