Ömer Asan
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Folkloristics
Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore. The term derives from a nineteenth century German designation of folkloristik to distinguish between folklore as the content and folkloristics as its study, much as language is distinguished from linguistics...
, photographer
Photography
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and writer
Writer
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In 2002, he was charged with allegations that he violated Article 8 of Turkey's Anti-Terror Law by "propagandating separatism" for his book Pontos Kültürü
Pontos Kültürü
Pontos Kültürü Pontos Culture is a 1996 book by Turkish author Ömer Asan about the Greek Muslims of Trabzon Province.Pontos Kültürü documents Asan's ethnographic fieldwork in his native village Çoruk in Of district...
. In 2003, Article 8 was abolished, and Asan was acquitted as a result.
Awards obtained
- Abdi İpekçiAbdi IpekçiAbdi İpekçi was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and an activist for human rights. He was murdered while editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily newspaper Milliyet.-Biography:...
, Peace and Friendship Award presented by Turkish-Greek Friendship Association for his article published in Milliyet newspaper.