Well-known Istanbul-Armenian writer, linguist, journalist and columnist Sevan Nisanyan, who is in a Turkish prison since January 3, thanked Al-Monitor media site.

In his Twitter account, Nisanyan thanked Al-Monitor for running an article about him, and posted the link of the article.   

In his article entitled “Why is Turkish writer Sevan Nisanyan in jail?”, which Al-Monitor published, Turkish analyst Orhan Kemal Cengiz states that, in actual fact, Nisanyan’s Armenian origin and his views had condemned him to prison.  

In late December 2013, the Turkish Court of Appeals upheld a civil court ruling that was made in 2008 against Nisanyan. Pursuant to the verdict, he will spend two years in prison for carrying out an illegal construction.

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