ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)— On May 7, Turkish police raided Belge Publishing House in Istanbul, seizing over 2,000 books, several Turkish news outlets reported.
Belge was raided due to alleged links to the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Cağaloğlu neighborhood of the Fatih district, ac
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Terrible what is happening inTurkey in general, and now this????
I am sure Mattie is really upset!
Besos,
Connie
Sad, but not surprising. The current regime acts against the background of a long repressive tradition of this courageous publishing house.
Not surprising indeed. Ragip knew this was coming when he had to go into self-exile nearly 2 years ago. Proud to have supported this courageous publisher and fighter for truth and justice in a repressive dictatorship that Turkey is under Erdoghan and has been for so long – from military dictatorship to “mildly” Islamic dictatorship to Sultan Erdoghan autocratic dictatorship/Sultanate.