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Several writers, publishers and translators from France urged for the acquittal of Sel Publishing House Editor-in-Chief Sancı and translator Yerguz in Apollinaire case.

The Prime Ministerial Board for the Protection of Children from Harmful Publications demanded punishment for the book "The Soft Machine" because it does "not comply with the social morality". Sel Publishing called this an "outrageous injustice done to a work of art".

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.

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.

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.

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'.