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"Sancı and Sertabiboğlu Should be Acquitted"

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

"Sancı and Sertabiboğlu Should be Acquitted"

The International Publishers Association demanded the acquittal of publisher Sancı and interpreter Sertabiboğlu who are being tried on the grounds of the Turkish translation of Burroughs' book "The Soft Machine".

11 October 2011

Sel Publishing Acquitted of "Obscenity" Charges

Sel Publishing Acquitted of "Obscenity" Charges

Publisher Sancı and interpreter Yerguz were acquitted even after the Prime Ministerial Board evaluated the three books on subject as "harming the public's sense of shame". An expert report by the Galatsaray University had previously assessed the books as "works of literature".

8 December 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Publisher Sancı: Prosecuted and Awarded in One Day

Publisher Sancı: Prosecuted and Awarded in One Day

Publisher Sancı received the International Publishers Association special award; at the same time he is being tried for publishing books acknowledged as world cultural heritage. In Turkey, 27 publishers have been standing trial, sentences were issued for 30 books in the past two years.

4 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

IPA Award Goes to İrfan Sancı

IPA Award Goes to İrfan Sancı

This year's special prize of the International Publishers Association will be awarded to Turkish publisher İrfan Sancı who is currently facing imprisonment on charges of "obscenity". The Freedom to Publish Award goes to Russian journalist İsrapil Shovkhalova.

Books from French Writer Reviewed by Prime Ministry

Books from French Writer Reviewed by Prime Ministry

In the case on three allegedly obscene books, the court found an expert report issued by Galatasaray University insufficient. The file of publisher Sancı and interpreter Yerguz was sent to the Prime Ministerial Board for the Protection of Children from Harmful Publications.

26 May 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Erotic Literature Is a Serious Offence!

Erotic Literature Is a Serious Offence!

Publisher Sancı and interpreter Yerguz face prison sentences on the grounds of the books "The fairy's pendulum", "The exploits of a young Don Juan" and "Letters of a well-mannered and knowledgeable bourgeois women". Lawyer Sakal: 'Publishing becomes a crime because of a lack of reforms'.

11 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu