MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
The confiscation of nine books of Avesta Publishing
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Avesta Publishing
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2018
LAST UPDATED
15/05/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Print Media
Book
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Judicial Interference
Criminal Peace Judgeships
Search and seizure warrant
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Press Law
Art. 25

The nine books of Avesta Publishing were confiscated on the grounds of “anti-terror operations” through court order. The books are the following: “Kan, İnançlar ve Oy Pusulaları”, “Cesur Adamların Ülkesine Yolculuk”, “Tasavvur Mu Gerçek Mi?”, “Mahabad Kürt Cumhuriyeti Büyük Güçlerin Politikasında Kürtler 1941-1947”, “Mağdur Diasporadan Sınır-Ötesi Vatandaşlığa Mı?”, “Ülkemde Bir Yabancı”, “Çaldıran Savaşı’nda Osmanlılar Safeviler ve Kürtler”, “Tanrı ve Şeyh Adi Kusursuzdur: Yezidi Tarihinden Kutsal Şiirler ve Dinsel Anlatılar”, “Kürdistan Bayrağının Altında ve Irak’ta Soykırım” (14 May 2018).