A court in Turkey ruled that well-known Istanbul Armenian writer, linguist, journalist, and columnist Sevan Nișanyan, who is serving a prison sentence in Turkey, be placed into solitary confinement for 6 days.

The prison authorities had petitioned to the court with a request to place Nișanyan into solitary confinement, claiming that he had offered a bribe to a prison officer, according to Hürriyet daily newspaper of Turkey. 

And the court ruled, without getting familiarized with the details, that Nișanyan be placed into a 6-day solitary confinement.

His attorney, however, maintained that this ruling has no legal basis and they will appeal it.

Earlier, another ruling was made to have Nișanyan be placed into confinement, but it was revoked after the appeal.  

Sevan Nișanyan was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months for carrying out illegal construction.

He has constantly raised the Armenian Genocide issue in Turkey, and stood out by his fearless demeanor in this country.