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Police raid publishing house in İstanbul, detain editors, seize 2170 books

Police raid publishing house in İstanbul, detain editors, seize 2170 books

by TurkeyPurge | May 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish police on Sunday night raided the Belge publishing house in İstanbul, searching the venue for about three hours, direnisteyiz5.org reported. The officials reportedly prevented employees from leaving, seized a total of 2170 books and briefly detained editor...

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