by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
US novelist Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller, The Da Vinci Code was banned in Istanbul’s Silivri prison under Turkey’s post-coup emergency measures, according to the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Baris Yarkadas. “Silivri Prison’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan has won Erich Maria Remarque peace prize in Germany, on Friday. Spent 132 days in jail over terror charges last summer, Erdogan said she is happy for winning the price, meanwhile, sad over the fact that “180 writers in Turkey are still in...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who was released on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, has said it is psychological torture not to be allowed to travel to accept the Erich Maria Remarque Award on Sept. 22 in Germany....
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who was released on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, will not be able to attend a ceremony in Germany to accept the Erich Maria Remarque Award on Sept. 22 due to the imposition of a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
“I am in jail not because I am a criminal. I am in jail because the criminals’ rule of law is in power,” Ahmet Altan, Turkish journalist and novelist who has been under arrest over coup charges since Sept 23, 2016, said during a court appearance on Thursday. Altan...
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