Turkey: The International Publishers Association denounces censorship
The International Publishers Association (IPA) Monday expressed its support for the Turkey Publishers Association (TPA), which denounced the regime "flagrant" censorship that is imposed today in Turkey.
Turkish court ordered to be withdrawn from the shelves of bookstores books three Turkish journalists, while another journalist was sentenced to a "punitive" fines for allegedly discredited a minister, recalls the IPA, the headquarters of which is Geneva, in a Communication adopted.
In fact, the announcement added the IPA, the books of Hasan Cemal, Tougtse Tatars and Mislim Yücel withdrawn from circulation simply because they were found in possession of persons against whom there is suspicion of belonging to political parties are outlawed.
"We know that these writers are not terrorists and that much more is not written works for terrorist organizations," commented Chairman of TPA, Metin Celal, according to the announcement of the IPA.
"These decisions show once again how the current regime is afraid of the words, because he realizes that books are stronger than arms" continued Celal.
"Unfortunately," he added, judicial decisions "manage blow to our confidence in the independence of the judiciary and only contribute to the perpetuation of a worsening atmosphere of violence and oppression in our country."
The Secretary General of the IPA Jose Borgkino appreciated by his own hand that "these dangerous actions of the Turkish authorities, which added to the arrests in November two prominent journalists Jan Ntiountar and Erdem Gul, consistent with a regime that desperately wants to avoid any examining actions in depth and all criticism. "
The fine imposed on Ahmet Sik because allegedly discredited in a book of the Minister of Transport, Maritime Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim is "once-graceful attempt of censorship and intimidation which simply ridicules the Turkish government and the Turkish justice," stated the Borgkino.
Already in September, the IPA had strongly criticized the government in Ankara after the arson in a library.
The International Publishers Association is an organization that promotes and supports companies in the publishing sector and fighting against censorship.
The International Publishers Association (IPA) Monday expressed its support for the Turkey Publishers Association (TPA), which denounced the regime "flagrant" censorship that is imposed today in Turkey.
Turkish court ordered to be withdrawn from the shelves of bookstores books three Turkish journalists, while another journalist was sentenced to a "punitive" fines for allegedly discredited a minister, recalls the IPA, the headquarters of which is Geneva, in a Communication adopted.
In fact, the announcement added the IPA, the books of Hasan Cemal, Tougtse Tatars and Mislim Yücel withdrawn from circulation simply because they were found in possession of persons against whom there is suspicion of belonging to political parties are outlawed.
"We know that these writers are not terrorists and that much more is not written works for terrorist organizations," commented Chairman of TPA, Metin Celal, according to the announcement of the IPA.
"These decisions show once again how the current regime is afraid of the words, because he realizes that books are stronger than arms" continued Celal.
"Unfortunately," he added, judicial decisions "manage blow to our confidence in the independence of the judiciary and only contribute to the perpetuation of a worsening atmosphere of violence and oppression in our country."
The Secretary General of the IPA Jose Borgkino appreciated by his own hand that "these dangerous actions of the Turkish authorities, which added to the arrests in November two prominent journalists Jan Ntiountar and Erdem Gul, consistent with a regime that desperately wants to avoid any examining actions in depth and all criticism. "
The fine imposed on Ahmet Sik because allegedly discredited in a book of the Minister of Transport, Maritime Transport and Communications Binali Yildirim is "once-graceful attempt of censorship and intimidation which simply ridicules the Turkish government and the Turkish justice," stated the Borgkino.
Already in September, the IPA had strongly criticized the government in Ankara after the arson in a library.
The International Publishers Association is an organization that promotes and supports companies in the publishing sector and fighting against censorship.
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