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Anti-Terror Act Worries PEN Delegation

PEN'S DAY OF IMPRISONED WRITER

Anti-Terror Act Worries PEN Delegation

PEN International President Saul reiterated his concerns over a rising number of writers, journalists and publishers in prison or on trial in Turkey, requesting that the government review the Anti-terror Act for the legitimate exercise of the right to peaceful freedom of expression.

15 November 2012 Nilay Vardar

Prison Management Destroyed Unpublished Manuscript

Prison Management Destroyed Unpublished Manuscript

PEN International condemned the seizure and destruction of the only existing manuscript of an unpublished book of writer Halil Gündoğan who is incarcerated in the Sinan Prison in Ankara.

9 September 2011

More than 1,000 Signatures to Drop Trial against Kurdish Singer

More than 1,000 Signatures to Drop Trial against Kurdish Singer

Singer Ferhat Tunç is facing imprisonment of up to15 years on the grounds of a speech made at a culture festival in the south-eastern province of Siirt. The international writers association PEN addressed the Prime Minister in regard to the case.

4 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

PEN Supports Tried Journalist Şener

PEN Supports Tried Journalist Şener

In the case against journalist Şener based on his book about the Hrant Dink murder, the court now wants to ascertain whether Şener published "classified documents". Şener: "No journalist applies to court before obtaining a confidential document".

18 February 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

"Children Being Punished Like Armed Militants"

Freedom of Expression

"Children Being Punished Like Armed Militants"

At the sixth Gathering in Istanbul, Human Rights Watch rapporteur Sinclair Webb expressed worry about the treatment of children in court.

26 May 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Women Writers Meet in Edirne

The second stop of the PEN Women Writers’ Committee’s eleven-city tour through Anatolia is in Edirne. Writers will discuss the relations between women, literature and life with their readers.

24 February 2009

Organisations Condemn Internet Censorship

Turkish PEN, the Turkish Writers’ Trade Union, the Association of People of Letters and the Turkish Publishers’ Union have condemned the blocked access to Youtube and other websites in Turkey.

3 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Turkish Intellectuals In Defense of Kurdish Politician

Ahmet Türk under investigation

Turkish Intellectuals In Defense of Kurdish Politician

Academics, artists and rights activists join support for pro-Kurdish DTP MP Türk, whose parliamentary immunity is threatened. International support comes from reputed American intellectual Noam Chomsky and PEN.

10 January 2008 Tolga Korkut

Hrant Dink murder trial

Rights Activists Will Monitor Dink Trial

Even if applications to become third-party plaintiffs have been mostly unsuccessful, rights organisations are determined to witness the murder trial.

1 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

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