PEN Appeal: Bü?ra Ersanl?; and Rag?p Zarakolu
March 27, 2012 Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,000 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
Professor Büşra Ersanlı and Ragıp Zarakolu formally indicted
Istanbul’s chief prosecutor has ordered the indictment of Büşra Ersanlı and Ragip Zarakolu this week. More
PEN Appeal: Turkey
December 22, 2011 Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
Year Closes with 30 Writers in Prison, Over 70 on Trial and 25 New Arrests
As this year closes, 30 writers are held in Turkish prisons, more than 70 others are on trial, and 25 more were arrested in recent days. More
Writer and Academic Ragip Zarakolu Arrested with Professor Büşra Ersanli
Professor Büşra Ersanlı, of the faculty of Political Science at Marmara University, and publisher Ragip Zarakolu, one of Turkey’s most prominent freedom of expression and minority rights activists and… More
Writer and Academic Ragip Zarakolu and Professor Büsra Ersanli Charged
PEN International has learned that writer, academic, and publisher Ragip Zarakolu has been formally charged alongside Professor Büşra Ersanlı under the Anti-Terror Law today. PEN has received further details… More
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