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Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Literature [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: Mahmut Baksi, Abdullah Gunduz


Confronting Bodies: Istanbul State Security Court


Dates of Action: September 2000


Location: Istanbul, Turkey


Description of Artwork: The books "Rome Marches" and "Talks from Rome" offer speeches by former Kurdish movement (PKK) president Abdullah Ocalan.

The Incident: The two books were banned and confiscated less than a day after they went on sale. The publisher, Abdullah Gunduz of Aram Publishing House, has asserted that 20 of the last 24 books he has published have been confiscated.

Results of Incident: Ten hours after the books went on sale the Istanbul State Security Court ordered them banned and confiscated all copies.

Source: Index on Censorship, 6/2000 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]