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Court bans former HDP co-leader Figen Yüksekdağ's poetry book

Court bans former HDP co-leader Figen Yüksekdağ's poetry book

A poem about the 2015 conflict in the country's Kurdish-majority regions has been deemed "terrorist propaganda."

8 September 2022

Banned Books of Avesta Publishing on Parliamentary Agenda

Banned Books of Avesta Publishing on Parliamentary Agenda

In the wake of the ban imposed on three books published by Avesta Publishing House, HDP Siirt MP Meral Danış-Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry and asked, “On what grounds do these books incite the public to enmity and hatred?”

27 September 2018

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Banned in Prison: It Might Contain Ciphers

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Banned in Prison: It Might Contain Ciphers

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş’s story book entitled “Seher” hasn’t been allowed into Diyarbakır Prison on the pretexts of “it is not a course material, and it might lead to a cipher and uncontrolled communication”.

16 October 2017

30 Publishing Houses Closed Through Statutory Decrees

PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION’S FREEDOM TO PUBLISH REPORT (2016-2017)

30 Publishing Houses Closed Through Statutory Decrees

Turkish Publishers Association in its Freedom to Publish Report (2016-2017) has documented that 30 publishing houses have been closed, Kurdish books have been banned and Albert Camus and Spinoza were described as “members of an illegal organization” in a bill of indictment.

6 June 2017 Tansu Pişkin