Mine Kırıkkanat's attention-grabbing Çetin Altan claim

Author Mine Kırıkkanat claimed in her new book, Gunpowder, that Çetin Altan had reported Yaşar Kemal to Martial Law Commander Necdet Üruğ in 1979.

According to Kırıkkanat, Çetin Altan, speaking at a reception, openly expressed his discomfort with Yaşar Kemal's potential Nobel Prize. Attending the same meeting, General Necdet Üruğ, then the Istanbul Martial Law Commander, allegedly made the following statement:

"Be careful with Yaşar Kemal, he is a traitor! The state must prevent him from receiving the Nobel Prize!"

Kırıkkanat's book, 'Barut', was published as the first of a three-volume memoir series.

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