PodcastPrison authorities in Turkey's southeast ban book penned by Constitutional Court head
A women's prison in southeast Turkey banned a book that was co-authored by the chairman of Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM). The book that was found "suspicious" by the prison is about freedom of expression.
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A book on freedom of expression that the Turkish Constitutional Court's (AYM) President Zühtü Arslan helped pen was banned from southeastern Diyarbakır Women's Prison, pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on Sept. 28.
"Can you believe this scandal? Are prisons feudal governments? This is a labeled book that AYM Chairman Zühtü Arslan also penned. The Diyarbakır Women's Prison banned it because it was deemed suspicious!" the deputy tweeted.
Şu skandala bakar mısınız?
— Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu (@gergerliogluof) September 28, 2020
Cezaevleri derebeylik mi?
Bandrollü, aralarında AYM başkanı Zühtü Arslan'ın da yazarı olduğu bir kitap bu
Diyarbakır Kadın Ceza İnfaz Kurumu sakıncalı diyerek bu kitabı vermemiş..!@abdulhamitgul ne diyorsun?@ctekurumsal @adalet_bakanlik pic.twitter.com/5KakCqUTpn
The book "Freedom of Expression: Principles and Turkey" was prepared during a conference of the same title in 2006, comprised of statements from speakers, among whom is HDP mayor Ayhan Bilgen, recently detained in relation to the 2014 Kobane protests.
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