Greece Grants Temporary Residency to Sevan Nisanyan

July 28, 2017

Sevan Nishanian

YEREVAN””The government of Greece on Thursday granted a six-month temporary residency permit to Turkish-Armenian author and intellectual Sevan Nisanyan, who escaped from a Turkish prison earlier this month after serving three out of a 17-year sentence for violations of a construction code.

In an interview with Armenpress on Tuesday, Nisanyan had indicated that he had sought asylum from Greece saying, “I have always thought of Greece as my second or third homeland. It is a very beautiful and civilized country. I’ll be very happy to spend the new phase of my life there.”

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