The trial of Turkey's best known writer, Orhan Pamuk, who has been accused of insulting the Turkish nation, has been suspended until next year.
The case centres on remarks published in a Swiss magazine earlier this year about the mass killings of Armenians in the early years of the 20th Century.
EU observers were present in court in Istanbul today. The EU began membership talks with Turkey last October but said it could suspend discussions.
IMPAC winner Pamuk faces a possible three-year jail term for "insulting Turkish identity".
The trial has been suspended until 7 February pending authorisation from the justice ministry to proceed.
Doubt had earlier been cast on whether the trial would proceed after Turkey's Justice Minister, Cemil Cicek, said he had not received the case files and could not give the case the go-ahead without studying them.
