IPA calls for immediate release of Zarakolu

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:15 The International Publishers Association has called for the immediate release of its Freedom to Publish prizewinner in Istanbul following his incarceration by the Turkish authorities. Ragip Zarakolu, the current chairman of the Turkish Publishers Associations Freedom to Publish committee and owner of the publisher Belge was arrested in Istanbul on Friday (28th October) and has been remanded in custody today following a 28-hour-long hearing. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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