Well-known Istanbul-Armenian writer, linguist, journalist and columnist Sevan Nisanyan will be imprisoned next week.

The Turkish Court of Appeals has upheld a civil court ruling that was made in 2008 against Nisanyan, Demokrathaber website of Turkey reports.   

Pursuant to the ruling, he will spend four years in prison for an illegal construction.

Reflecting on the ruling made against him, Nisanyan said he was tried for building a small storage room in a building which he owns.  

“Several [Turkish] MPs were recently released from prison; it seems an empty space has opened up [in the prison],” he noted.  

To note, Sevan Nisanyan has constantly raised the Armenian Genocide issue and stood out by his fearless manners in Turkey.