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Turkey seizes jailed Erdoğan rival’s book, bans sales - Turkish Minute

A Turkish court has ordered the seizure of all printed and in-production copies of a book by Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of İstanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival, and barred its distribution and sale. The İstanbul 4th Criminal Court of Peace issued the order on August 27 at the request of […]

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The Turkish Journalists Association (TGC), the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS), the Turkish Publishers Association (TÜRKYAYBİR), the Turkish Writers' Union (TYS), and PEN Turkey issued a joint statement reacting to the banning of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's book, "The Nation Is My Witness," which is in the printing stage and currently under publication. The statement expressed concern about the ongoing process, stat…

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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History is sometimes cruel. Restrictive measures against books in Turkey, even if they didn't cause much of a stir at the time they occurred, later...

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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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