Erdogan: Book Massacres Happened During Coup Period
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Less than a week after the ban on the book by imprisoned presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, Erdoğan made striking statements regarding book bans, saying, "The most shameful book massacres occurred during coup periods."
Erdoğan: The Most Shameful Book Massacres Occurred During Coup Periods when Democracy Was Suspended.
President Erdoğan said, "The most shameful massacres of books occurred during coup periods when national will and democracy were suspended." (04.09.2026, Sputnik Türkiye)
President Erdoğan stated that in the past, important documents and artifacts of Türkiye were sold to foreigners as scrap metal, adding, "Most recently, during the February 28th period, 4,500 works, 500 of which belonged to the personal library of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, were thrown into the trash from the Istanbul University Library by the authoritarian rulers of that era."
President Erdogan: “The most shameful book massacres took place during the coup periods when the national will and democracy were suspended.
Haber 7 - Speaking in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said, "Those who have no past have no future." Drawing attention to the importance of books and cultural heritage, Erdoğan stated, "The most shameful book massacres occurred during coup periods."
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