August 12, 2005
Scholars Ask Armenia to Free Jailed Student
More than 200 academics from the United States, Armenia, Turkey, and elsewhere have signed an open letter to Armenia's president expressing their concern over the arrest and detention of a Ph.D. candidate from Duke University.
The student, Yektan Türkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen, was arrested in June as he was leaving Armenia for Turkey with about 100 secondhand books he had legally purchased. Mr. Türkyilmaz, who has been in jail in Armenia since then, was charged in July with
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