Poet, writer and translator Erkut Tokman wrote a review for the Speak Up Platform on the autobiographical book of poet İlhan Sami Çomak, who has been deprived of his freedom for 27 years, “Not to Destroy the Ant’s Nest”
Poet, writer and translator Erkut Tokman wrote a review for the Speak Up Platform on the autobiographical book of poet İlhan Sami Çomak, who has been deprived of his freedom for 27 years, “Not to Destroy the Ant’s Nest”
Author Erdal Yıldırım was sentenced to prison for 1 year 6 months and 22 days with the crime of “terrorist organization propaganda” due to his social media posts. The Court did not suspend Yıldırım’s punishment
Yılmaz Odabaşı, who was on trial for “insulting the President” via his social media posts was sentenced to prison for 11 months and 20 days. The Court did not suspend Odabaşı’s punishment.
Hamide Yiğit, who was on trial for her book titled ‘Tekmili Birden IŞİD’ (‘The Whole ISIS’) with the allegation that the book ‘violates personal rights’ and Tekin Publishing House, which published the book, received a fine of TRY 10 thousand
Başaran, who has detained on the basis of the activities of the Democratic Society Congress and the press statements he attended in 2015 and 2019, has been arrested.
Selim Çürükkaya’s book named “Dr. Said: We Lost the Lock of the Mountains” was banned by the decision of the Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance. The book is about the life of the peshmerga commander.
Describing sexual assault in his children’s book, Musa Dinç has been investigated and arrested
Feminist writer Gülfer Akkaya, whom the social media account named “Jitem..” the acronym for Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism) threatened to kill, filed a criminal complaint with the Istanbul Courthouse
Mahmut Alınak, Kurdish writer and politician, was released at the first hearing of the case brought against him with a motion for life in imprisonment. Alınak had been in prison for two months