Ayşe Berktay | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Ayşe Berktay, a translator, cultural and women's rights activist, is currently on trial in Turkey for "membership in an illegal organization." She faces up to 15 years in prison… More
Composer Fazil Say’s Third Court Hearing to be Held on April 15, 2013
On Monday, April 15, celebrated pianist, composer, and writer Fazıl Say is due to appear in court for the third time for comments posted on Twitter. More
PEN Protests Life Sentence Against Sociologist Pinar Selek
PEN International protests the life sentence served yesterday against Turkish writer, sociologist, and feminist Pınar Selek, who is accused of involvement in an explosion over 14 years ago. More
PEN Turkey Latest Target of Censors
The widening net of censorship in Turkey is now threatening to snare the Turkish PEN Center, with eight members of the organization’s board of directors now facing a criminal… More
Selek Trial Postponed as Defense Attorneys Challenge Appointment of Chief Trial Judge
As her third retrial is postponed, PEN is concerned by the drawn-out nature of the proceedings against Turkish writer, sociologist and feminist Pinar Selek, and is worried that she… More
PEN Concerned About Pinar Selek Trial
PEN International concerned that Turkish writer, sociologist, and feminist Pinar Selek is being subjected to campaign of judicial harassment as she faces into her third retrial. More
Selek Faces Retrial as Acquittal is Overturned Again
Turkish writer, sociologist and feminist Pınar Selek is yet again facing trial on charges she has already been acquitted of an astounding three times. If found guilty, she faces… More
Turkey: Reform Laws Stifling Writers, Publishers, Translators, Journalists
A delegation of writers from PEN International today called on the government of Turkey to take “quick and concrete action” to reverse an alarming rise in the number of… More
Turkish President Says Free Speech Violations Cast Shadow Over Progress
In a meeting today with a delegation from PEN International, President Abdullah Gül expressed his personal commitment to free speech. Responding to PEN's concerns over a rising number of… More
Büşra Ersanli Freed Pending Trial
From the day that the prosecutor ruled my detention, until now, everything has been upside down. I am speechless and now going back to Silivri [prison] to pack my… More
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