Turkey arrests eleven more journalists, from an “institution of the republic”
Lately, we’ve had all too much opportunity to report on a sweep of arrests of Turkish writers and journalists, and closures of the news organizations they work for, which has… Read more »
Publisher, librarian, writer, and bookseller organizations urge Obama: tell Erdoğan to leave Turkish media alone
The Turkish government shows no sign of relenting in the media crackdown it initiated this summer after an attempted coup failed to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but American publishers, librarians,… Read more »
Zed Books attempts to talk Turkey with Facebook
When employees of London-based academic publisher Zed Books discovered, on attempting to log into the company’s Facebook account last week, that said account had been deactivated, they quickly came to… Read more »
Turkish publisher arrested — here’s why
As many of you might now know, Ragip Zarakolu, the owner of Belge Publishing House, was arrested last Friday along with 40 other pro-Kurdish on charges of terrorism, though this… Read more »