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Banned books Exhibition

Sigtuna Literatur Festival 
22-23 August 20015
Free Word / Banned Books Exibition in Sigtunastiftelsen
Curator , Ragıp Zarakolu
August 22 – 23 at 10:00-16.00, Sigtunastiftelsen Library

To write in Putin‘s Russia
Masha Gessen in a conversation with her Swedish publisher Dorotea Bromberg Sunday August 23 at 12:00, Sigtunastiftelsen, (The Sigtuna Foundation) the Library
What is it like to work as a writer or journalist in Russia today? What obstacles are encountered and what risks are the writers exposed to? Here, the Russian American author, journalist and former editor Masha Gessen talks about her journalistic experiences from Putin’s Russia, a country where censorship is commonplace and journalists are silenced.
Digital Publishing in a World with Limited Freedom of Expression with Ragip Zarakolu, journalist and publisher and Sigtuna‘s ICORN guest writer and Per Helin, owner and CEO of Publit, Mediator: Lena Gustafson-Randau, director of Marsta Library Sunday August 23 at 15:00, Sigtunastiftelsen (The Sigtuna Foundation) Our increasingly digitized world increases the possibilities of disseminating information. By publishing books on the internet, authors have the ability to bypass traditional relationships with a publisher, distributor or reseller and sell books directly to the reader. What kind of opportunities does this create? What are the challenges and pitfalls? Does it have any impact on the book’s credibility? What is the impact on censorship?
Hear the Municipality of Sigtuna’s ICORN writer Ragip Zarakolu and Per Helin, owner and CEO of Publit, in a conversation about how the new digital society is changing the face of literature and publishing.
Arranged in cooperation with Sigtuna kommun and Sigtunastiftelsen.
X. For Freedom to Write and Publish ssAyşe Nur Zarakolu (1946 – 2002) had Freedom to Publish Awards of IPA and German Publishers and Booksellers Association in 1998, at the 50th year of Human Rights declaration and Frankfurt Book Fair.
List of the Books, banned and in Trial
A.        Communism and Socialism Taboo
1.         Biography of German Communist Party Leader Ernst Thaelman, by Günther Hortzschansky and Walter Wimmer, Evrensel Publishing 1994
2.         Stories on Labour Class, Anthology, Evrensel Publishing 1998
3.         Anthology of Revolutionary Songs, Marches,Elegies  and Poems, Su Publishing, 2008
4.         Collected Writings of Mahir Çayan, Su Publishing 2008
5.         György Lukacs, Thoughts of Lenin, Belge International Publishing 1979
B.        Armenian Genocide Taboo
1.         Armenians, History of a Genocide, Yves Ternon, Belge International Publishing 1993
2.         The Truth will set up us Free, George Jerjian, Belge International Publishing 2004
3.         40 Days in Musa Dagh, Franz Werfel, Belge International Publishing 1997
4.         Bastards of Istanbul, Elif Şafak, Metis Publishing 2005
5.         Homesickness, Hrachya Kochar, Nujen Publishing 1994
C.        Greek Taboo
1.         Giorgios Andreadis, Tamama, Disappeared Girl of Pontos, Belge Int. Publishing 1996
2.         Ömer Asan, The Culture of Pontos, Belge International Publishing 1996
3.         Giorgios Andreadis, Persona non Grata, Belge International Publishing 2005
4.         İlias Venezis, Number 31328, Labour Battalion, Belge International Publishing 2015
5.         Herkül Millas (ed.), Deportation of Anatolian Greeks 1919-1923, İletişim Publishing 2001
D.        Kurdish Taboo
1.         Ahmet Kahraman, Kurdish Rebellions, Evrensel Publishing 2003
2.         Wadie Jwaideh, The Kurdish Nationalist Movement, İletişim Publishing 1999
3.         Melih Pekdemir, Urgent Peace or… Abdullah Öçalan is State?, Su Publishing 2000
4.         Faysal Dağlı, Kurdish Civil War (Reportage), Belge International Publishing 1994
5.         Lissy Schmidt, Price of Freedom, Interviews from Iraq Kurdistan, Belge I. Publishing 1996
6.         Yaşar Kaya, Articals from Newspaper Özgür Gündem, Belge International Publishing 1993
7.         Haluk Gerger, Turkish Order and Kurdish Question, Belge International Publishing 1995
8.         Günay Aslan, 33 Bullets (Reportage), Pencere Publishing 1989
9.         Gülçiçek Günel Tekin, Our Language is our Idendity, Belge International Publishing 2013
10.      Soysal Ekinci, The Call (poems), Belge International Publishing 1990
11.      Mehdi Zana, Dear Leyla, Exile between the Prisons, Belge International Publishing 1995
12.      Mehdi Zana, Zelal / Rebirth (memories), Belge International Publishing 1996
13.      Human Rights Association, 1992 Report of Kurdish Region
14.      N. Mehmet Güler, KCK File, Belge International Publishing 2010
15.      A. Kadir Konuk, Freedom will come from the Mountains, Belge Int. Publishing 1995
16.      Zülküf Kışanak, Disappeared Villages (Reportages), Belge International Publishing 2004
17.      Abdullah Öçalan, Kurdish Question and Democratic Nation Solution, Ararat Publ. 2012
18.      Edgar O’Ballance, The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970, Yöntem Publishing 1977
19.      Demir Çelik, Democratic Autonomy and Self Government,    Do Publishing, 2015
20.      Hüseyin Turhallı, Song of Freedom (Memories), Belge International Publishing 2000
21.      Hasan Bildirici, Bekaa Valley Reportage, Belge International Publishing 1993
22.      Rahmi Batur, Zagros Mountains Reportage, Belge International Publishing 1994
23.      Sadrettin Aydınlık, Freedom March (Memories), Belge International Publishing 1998
24.      Faysal Dağlı, Portraits in Fire (Reportages), Belge International Publishing 1996
25.      N. Mehmet Güler, Desitions Harder to Die (Novel), Belge International Publishing 2008
26.      Sabri Ok/S.Aydınlık, Group of Severe Winter (Memories), Belge Int. Publishing 1994
27.      Sıraç Bilgin, The Biography of Mustafa Barzani, Do Publishing 2006
E.        Official Ideology Taboo
1.         Emin Karaca, Banned Books in Turkey from Ataturk Today, Belge Int. Publishing 2011
2.         Ragıp Zarakolu, Turkish-Armenian Dialog in Civil Society, Pencere Publishing 2008
3.         Ragıp Zarakolu, Albatros, Evrensel Publishing 2012
F.         Sexual Taboos
1.         Marquis de Sade, Philosophy in Bedroom, Ayrıntı Publishing 2002
2.         Filiz Bingölçe, Women Slang Dictionary, Metis Publishing 2001
3.         Apollanaire, Adventures of a Young Don Juan, Sel Publishing 2009
4.         Dragan Babic, Last Exile, Ayrıntı Publishing 1999
5.         Chuck Palahniuk, Choke,  Ayrıntı Publishing 2013
6.         Chuck Palahniuk, Snuff,  Ayrıntı Publishing 2011
7.         Philipp Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, Ayrıntı Publishing 1999
8.         S. Reynolds /J. Press, Gender, Rebellion and Rock’ n’ Roll, Ayrıntı Publishing 2003
9.         Ben Mila, The Fairy’s Pendulum, Sel Publishing 2009
10.      Collective, Correspondance d’une bourgeoise avertie , Sel Publishing 200
G.        Militarism and Police State Taboos
1.         Gazi Çağlar, Int. Hannover Tribunale for September 12th Military Coup, Belge Int. Publishing 2002
2.         Nadire Mater, The Book of Turkish Soldier Mehmed, Metis Publishing 1998
3.         A. Kadir Konuk, Young Journalist Ferhat, Anatomy of a Murder, Belge Int. Publ. 1994
4.         Kürşat İstanbullu, Forced Disappearences in Turkey, Zambon Verlag 1988
5.         Hayri Argav, Executions of September 12th Military Coup, Belge Int. Publ. 1997
6.         Erol Özkoray, What is the Use of Army?, Belge Int. Publ. 2007
7.         Sabri Uzun, The Cave, Kırmızıkedi Publishing 2014
8.         Hanefi Avcı, Yesterday State Today the Sect, Arkadaş Publishing 2010
H.        Taboos based on Religion and Beliefs
1.         Haşim Kutlu, To Discuss Alevite Idendity, Belge Int. Publ. 1997
2.         Metis Yearbook, Illallah [Nuts!], Metis publishing 2009
İ.          Taboo of Politicians and Statesmen
1.         Soner Yalçın, Stolen Register of Erdoğan, Kırmızıkedi Publishing 2015
2.         Yılmaz Özdil, We had stolen together on this Way, Kırmızıkedi Publishing 2014
3.         J. Bryce / A. Toynbee, Treatment of Armenians in Ottoman Empire 1915-16, Pencere Publ. 2005.
4.         Erol Özkoray, Phenomenon of Gezi / Individualization and Democracy, Idea Politica Publ. 2013
 Z. Struggle for Freedom to Publish in Exile
Legandary journalists Doğan and İnci Özgüden are in struggle for freedom to write and publish 44 years in exile with important site info turk in Brussel. They are founder of ANT Weekly and Publishing House in 1966 and were accused with 500 years in the prison sentence because of their articals and publishing against the taboos. They left Turkey after 1971. military coup and went on their struggle in exile. They had 2015 Freedom to Publish Award of Turkish Publishers Association.  

Free Word
I. TABOO OF COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM
John Steinbeck, published in 1936 in USA, banned
in Turkey in 1947. Novel based on a strike.
Andre Malraux. L’ESPOIR, published in France 1937, made film in 1945, banned in Turkey 1968. Novel based on Spanish Civil War 1936 – 39.
Mujdat Gezen and Savaş Dinçel, Cartoon Life Story of Poet Nazım Hikmet, published in 1979, banned by General Evren in 1993.
Writer and cartoonist put in jail, as an example for intellectuals. Military government also banned all books of Nazım Hikmet.
Nazım Hikmet’s poetry book “Jakond and Si-Ya-U” was banned in 1937.
Gezen and Dinçel (they are well known also in Turkish theatre) at the military court in Diyarbakır in1983.
Prof. Dr. Mete Tunçay, Eski Sol Üzerine Yeni Bilgiler [New Documents on Turkish Left in 20’s], banned by Military Junta Government in 1982 and all the copies confiscated were
burned in Istanbul.
“In the beginning was the Word” It is the base of humanity. The words.
Free Words. It is the base of creavity. To ban and to confiscate a book means to kill the word. We are blind, deaf and dumb without the words.
But in the world we live, some words is accepted dangereous, prevented and censored. The books could be burned with a ceromony.
Oppressive mentality orders as a preventive measure, if censorship is not successful; “Ban the book and put it in Trial!”. Or more harsh measures, with another kind ceremony: “Burn the Book!” “Force the writer to go in exile!” Or “Put the writer in the Prison!” And as last phase of censorship: “Kill the writer!”
Once Heinrich Heine wrote “Where they have burned books, they  will end in burning human beings.” Hrant Dink, jounalist, because of a news he became target by the military. And
because of a sentence he is convicted, by the court, with accusation,”defaming turkishness” short term prison and
2007 january 2007 he was shut by a nationalist militant.
In this exibition there are some examples of banned books from my country Turkey, by authoritarian governments. In our authoritarian system there are many taboo issues. Genocide Taboo, Kurdish Taboo are vey strong. Anti-Left tradition were very strong until the 90’s. But ultra nationalist, antichristian,
racist, antisemit ideas are not a problem for the system IPA, International Publishers Association, as a world professional organisation of the publishers, accepted principle of feedom to publishing as an basic ethical principle of the publishing.
I dedicate this exibition to the memory of the writers and the publishers who lost their lifes in the prison or with assasinations like Krikor Zohrab, Ali Kemal, Sabahattin Ali, Musa Anter, Mehmet Ali Ermiş, İlhan Erdost, Turan Dursun, Uğur Mumcu and Hrant Dink.
Ragıp Zarakolu
Ragip Zarakolu; Journalist, human rights activist, 2012 Nobel Peace Price nominee.

II. TABOO OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Franz Werfel, 40 DAYS IN MUSA DAGH, Novel,
published in Germany and banned by Nazi and Turkish
Governments. The book was burned in Germany and Turkey in 30’s.
Yves Ternon, Les Arméniens. Histoire d’un génocide, Paris
Seuil, 1977. Turkish edition, named “Armenian Taboo”,
banned in 1993. Publisher Ayşe Nur Zarakolu sentenced
2 years prison.
Nobel owned turkish writer Orhan Pamuk is convicted,
because of an expression, “we are responsible for death
of 30 000 kurdes and 1 million armenians”.
George Jerjian, The Truth will set us free, published in 2003 London, turkish edition in 2004.
Turkish edition put in trial and convicted in 2008.
Publisher Ragip Zarakolu sentenced 5 month prison.
The sentence was reduced to a fine.
Nikos Kazantzakis, Captain Michalis/ Freedom and Death,
, published in 1953 Athen, turkish edition in 1965. Turkish
edition put in trial and convicted in 1971. Translator Nevzat
Hatko sentenced 1 and half year prison. [Defaming turkishness].
A novel about Greek rebelion in Cretea against Ottoman Rule.
Elif Şafak’s Book “Bastards of Istanbul” was put in trial in 2007, because of what an armenian character of the book
told. Some mobs tried to attack her during the trial.

III. TABOO OF ANATOLIAN, PONTOS AND CRETAN GREEKS
Nikos Kazantzakis, Toda Raba , published in 1934 Athen,
turkish edition in 1968. Turkish edition put in trial and convicted in 1971. Translator Ahmet Angın sentenced 1 and half year prison.
A novel. [Communist propaganda] Dido Sotirou, Farewell Anatolia , published in 1962 Athen, turkish edition in 1970. Turkish new edition put in trial in 1982, with accusation, “insulting turkishness”. 
Same year she had “Abdi İpekçi Turkish-Greek Peace and
Friendship Award”. A novel about Turkish-Greek War 1919-
1922 and ethnic cleansing of Anatolian Greeks.
“Tamama, från Pontien försvunnen”, published in Greece
1993 and writer Giorgios Andreadis had “Abdi İpekçi
Turkish-Greek Peace and Friendship Award”. The book
is free but Giorgios Andreadis is declared “persona non
grata” in 1998, until today. Accusation: “Missionary work
and to aiming to build a Pontos State”. [Andreadis, Georgios.
Tamama: från Pontien försvunnen: en sann berättelse.
[tr.by]: Elisabet Lundvall. Lidingö: Bokförlag 22, 2009.
155p. ]

IV. KURDISH TABOO
Dr. Ismail Beşikçi, “Interstate Colony Kurdistan”, Published in 1990. Immediately is banned. Turkish scholar had to stay totally 18 years in the prison, because of his books on the Kurds Ahmet Kahraman, Kurdish Rebellions, Punishment and
Extermination, published in 2009 and put in trial. Journalist
Ahmet Kahraman is in exile now in Germany. He was guest of German PEN.
Garo Sasuni (1889-1977), Kʻiwrt azgayin sharzhumnerě ew
hay-kʻrtakan haraberutʻiwnnerě, Kurdish National Movements
and Kurdish-Armenian Relations between 15th and
20th Century, armenian first edition in Beirut 1969, turkish
first edition was published in Sweden 1991, in Turkey 1992

and immediately banned.

V. ASSIRIAN TABOO
Assirians were also the victim of 1915 Armenian Gebocide. And their victimisation is going on, after the Golf War, first in Iraq and now in Syria. There are only 18 000 Assirians in Turkey now. Genocide taboo is affecting also Assirian community.
In 2001 Father Yusuf Akbulut was put in trial in Diyarbakir in 2000, only because he told during an interview: “The Assirians were also victimized during 1915 Genocide”.
A nationalist turkish news paper attacked to Metropolit of Assirian Orthodow Church, Isa Gürbüz, because he talked abou the difficulties of Assirian community.
At the same page, Azerian Pesident Aliev told, “Armenians are guity in front of the history”.
H. C. Armstrong, Grey Wolf Mustafa Kemal, An Intimate Study of a Dictator, published in London 1932. Immediately
banned in Turkey. First censored edition in Turkey 1955. First uncensored edition is banned and put in trial in 1995. Legal base of banning: ““The Law on the Protection of Atatürk”,
which is accepted by Turkish Parliament in 1951.

VI. OFFICIAL IDEOLOGY (KEMALISM) TABOO
Sabahattin Ali’s book, Glass Palace published 1947 and immediately banned. He was on of the iconic writers of
Turkey. It is a tale about the end of autoritarian regimes. He was killed by deep state in 1948.
Sait Faik is one of the iconic writers of turkish literature. His novel, “The Boat of Maintenance”, was published in 1944. With the demand of army, it was banned by the government
decree. Reason: To define the uniform of a soldier, “old and poor.”
Like militarism in may country it is not easy to criticize the security forces. In a national security state the security forces are untouchable.
The natural result of this inpunity.
Journalist Kürsat Istanbullu published a book, “Gözaltinda Kaybolanlar” [Forced Dissapperances in Turkey] in 1985, about the people who were disapperead after arresting by the
security forces. The book is immediately banned and becausue of death threats writer had to leave the country. Istanbullu is living in exile in Germany now. Journalist Ahmet Şık’s book “İmamın Ordusu” [ The Army of the Imam] was about the some groups in the police and was banned during the printing
process in 2011. He was arrested with another journalist Nedim Şener. Ex- police officer Hanefi Avci, wrote an otociritical
book, titled, “Haliç’te Yaşayan Simonlar /Dün Devlet Bugün Cemaat” [Yesterday State Now Sects], 2010. He was immediately arrested and stayed in the prison 4 years.
Another ex-police officer, Sabri Uzun’s book, “In / Baykal Kaseti, Dink Cinayeti ve Diğer Komplolar” [The Cave/Casettes, Dink’s Murder and Other Complots] was put in
trial in 2014. Editor of Kirmizi Kedi [Red Cat] Publishing, Haluk Hepkon had 2015 Freedom to Publish Award of TPA because of this and other trials about their publishings.

VII. MILITARISM AND POLICE STATE TABOOS
Weapons Transfers and Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey,1995, Human Rights Watch New York.
Turkish edition 1996 was put in trial, translator Ertuğrul Kürkçü and publisher Ayşe Nur Zarakolu were sentenced. But in Strasburg Turkey was sentenced because of this banning.
Nadire Mater, The Book of Turkish Soldier Mehmet, Testimonies of old veterans of Kurdish war in Turkey
in 80’s and 90’s. Published in 1999, banned immediately. Equitted in 2001, published again with court documents.
Journalist Günay Aslan’s book, “33 Bullett/History in
Mourning” was published in 1990. It was story of massacre
of 33 innocent kurdish villager in 1944 by turkish
army. In 50’s responsible general was arrested and put
in jail. The book had journalism award. But it is banned
by state security court. Günay Aslan was convicted
with 2 years prison sentence and publisher Muzaffer
Erdoğdu had 5 months prison. Günay Aslan had to
leave the country, now he lives in Germany in exile.
Different editions of Grey Wolf in UK.

Sait Faik in 40’s 

VIII. SEXUAL TABOOS
Henry Millers’s “Tropic of Cancer” was published in 1934 and banned in USA and UK and some other contries. In 50’s 
it could be printed in English in Paris.
Turkish edition published in 1985 and banned after 3rd print.
39 publisher came together and published the book again.
French poet Appolinaire’s erotical novel, The Eleven Thousand Rods, published in 1907. Turkish edition is banned in 2002 and
Publisher Rahmi Akdaş is convicted. But in 2010 European Human Rights accepted the book, “belonged to the ”European literary heritage” and cancelled the conviction.
Ahmet Altan’s novel, “Trace on the Water” is published in 1985, after 3rd print. After 2 years of trial, the books were burned. Now the book is going to be published, without 2 pages, and with the court decision.
Apollanaire Islam philosopher Saidi Nursi’s book, The Staff
of Moses, banned by Turkish Government in 1949, like some other books of him. His grave is disappeared by the Army after 1960 coup d’etat.

IX. TABOOS BASED ON RELIGION AND BELIEF
Dostojevskij’s “The Diary of A Writer” is banned by a decree of Turkish Government in the 40’s. Reason: “Insulting Turkishness”.
Published in Sweden in 1915: En skriftställares dagbok (översättning av Alfred Jensen, Bonnier, 1915)
Salman Rushti, The Satanic Verses, banned in 1988 by Ayetullah Humeyni via Fatva. In 1993 Islamist mobs attacked
the hotel, where the turkish publisher of Satanic Verses, humorist
Aziz Nesin was staying. He survived but 35 people died, between them there were poets, singers and the writers.
They were in city Sebastia for a cultural festival.
Dora Sakayan (McGill Universty), published his grandfathers 1922 Diary of Smyrna, A Journal on the Smyrna Catastrophe in 1922.
Turkish edition was published in 2004 and put in trial. Accusation: Defaming turkishness and memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Sevgi Soysal’s awarded book, “To Walk”, banned by military in 1971, with accusation of “obscenity”.
She was put in military jail because of her critical expression
about military goverment in 1972 Sevgi Soysal British writer Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, was put in trial in
2007 and later equitted. But 2009 it put in trial second time.


X. TURKISHNESS TABOO

VIII. SEXUAL TABOOS
Henry Millers’s “Tropic of Cancer” was published in 1934 and banned in USA and UK and some other contries. In 50’s
it could be printed in English in Paris.
Turkish edition published in 1985 and banned after 3rd print.
39 publisher came together and published the book again.
French poet Appolinaire’s erotical novel, The Eleven Thousand Rods, published in 1907. Turkish edition is banned in 2002 and
Publisher Rahmi Akdaş is convicted. But in 2010 European Human Rights accepted the book, “belonged to the ”European literary heritage” and cancelled the conviction.
Ahmet Altan’s novel, “Trace on the Water” is published in 1985, after 3rd print. After 2 years of trial, the books were burned. Now the book is going to be published, without 2 pages, and with the court decision.
Apollanaire Islam philosopher Saidi Nursi’s book, The Staff
of Moses, banned by Turkish Government in 1949, like some other books of him. His grave is disappeared by the Army after 1960 coup d’etat.

IX. TABOOS BASED ON RELIGION AND BELIEF
Dostojevskij’s “The Diary of A Writer” is banned by a decree of Turkish Government in the 40’s. Reason: “Insulting Turkishness”.
Published in Sweden in 1915: En skriftställares dagbok (översättning av Alfred Jensen, Bonnier, 1915) Salman Rushti, The Satanic Verses, banned in 1988 by Ayetullah Humeyni
via Fatva. In 1993 Islamist mobs attacked the hotel, where the turkish publisher of Satanic Verses, humorist Aziz Nesin was staying. He survived but 35 people died, between them
there were poets, singers and the writers.
They were in city Sebastia for a cultural festival.
Dora Sakayan (McGill Universty), published his grandfathers 1922 Diary of Smyrna, A Journal on the Smyrna Catastrophe in 1922.
Turkish edition was published in 2004 and put in trial. Accusation: Defaming turkishness and memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Sevgi Soysal’s awarded book, “To Walk”, banned by military in 1971, with accusation of “obscenity”.
She was put in military jail because of her critical expression
about military goverment in 1972 Sevgi Soysal British writer Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, was put in trial in
2007 and later equitted. But 2009 it put in trial second time.


X. TURKISHNESS TABOO

XI. GUERILLA TABOO
Ernesto Che Guevara’s Bolivian Diary published in Turkey 1968 and immediately is banned.
Mao’s and Guevara’s artical’s on guerilla war was banned
also in 1969. Translator famous turkish poet Can Yücel was put
in jail in 1971.
Ernesto Che Guevara, Brasilian Carlos Marigella’s book
Urban Guerilla was published in France and Turkey in 1970. Banned immediately. But in France after 20 publishers published the book together and banning decision is cancelled. This solidarity became a model of civil disobedience for freedom to publish in 80’s and 90’s in Turkey.
Last wave of trials against the writers, journalists and publishers in Turkey now are “insulting” and “defaming” trials.

XII. TABOO OF POLITICIANS AND STATEMEN
Sevan Nişanyan
His “Crimes”: restoration of an old greek village and criticism both Kemalist and Islamist ideology Journalist and publisher Erol Özkoray, because of his book, “Phenomenon of Gezi / Individualization and Democracy” is accused with “defaming Prime Minister” and convicted in 2015. He is in exile as an ICORN guest writer now in Sweden.
First published in UK in 1916, Turkish translation is published in 2005. MP and ex-ambassador Şükrü Elekdağ, open a trial against publisher Muzaffer Erdoğdu and scholar Taner Akçam,
with claim of defaming himself and he won the trial and had compensation.

XIII. A WRITER IN PRISON NOW IN TURKEY
Cartoonist of Penguen Humor Weekly, Bahadır Baruter is convicted in 2015 “defaming President” with this caricature.
Baruter had 2015 Award of Turkish Publishers Assocation. His caricature book “Lombak” was banned in 2007.
World wide known writer Yaşar Kemal, had supported freedom of expression campaigns in 90’s. In 1997 he was convicted
to 1.5 years prison, because of his interview in Der Spiegel for his call ,”peaceful solution for Kurdish question”.
Court postponed this conviction, with the condition, “not to talk 5 years on the same topics.”
Novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, is convicted in 2013, because of his critical artical. Critique is accepted as “defaming

and insulting the Prime Minister.”

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