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Turkish publisher arrested and detained
The international literary community is demanding the immediate release of Turkish publisher and free speech activist Ragip Zarakolu, who has been arrested and imprisoned.
Turkey to be LBF market focus in 2013
Turkey is to be the the Market Focus partner of London Book Fair 2013.
Turkish author on trail for blashpemy
Turkish author Nedim Gursel is on trial after being charged with inciting religious hatred in a novel based on the birth of Islam. Gursel said that his book was a work of fiction but the result of ext...
Frankfurt gets underway
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens today and runs through this week until Sunday. The fair, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is expecting one of its biggest years ever, with just under 7400 ex...
IPA and PEN condemn prosecution of Turkish publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN have 'strongly condemned' the sentencing of Turkish publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for 'insu...
Plot to kill Nobel winner
Turkish police have arrested over a dozen people alleged to be part of an ultra-nationalist plot that included plans to assassinate Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
Turkey to amend controversial free speech law
The Turkish government has announced that it is on the verge of approving an amendment to a controversial law that has seen authors and journalists convicted for 'insulting Turkishness.'
Turkish publisher faces prosecution over Dawkins book
The Turkish publisher of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion is facing prosecution for 'inciting hatred and emnity'.
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