PEN America: Turkish Writer Faces Renewed Charges After Acquittal in February
July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020
NEW YORK, July 11 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Turkish prosecutors this week have reopened a spurious case against writer Asli Erdogan. She now faces renewed charges of sedition, membership of a terrorist organization, and use of propaganda for her work with Ozgur Gundem, a pro-Kurdish newspaper that the Turkish government shuttered in 2016. PEN America called for an end to the politically-motivated harassment of Erdogan and condemned the unjust nature of the ap . . .
Turkish prosecutors this week have reopened a spurious case against writer Asli Erdogan. She now faces renewed charges of sedition, membership of a terrorist organization, and use of propaganda for her work with Ozgur Gundem, a pro-Kurdish newspaper that the Turkish government shuttered in 2016. PEN America called for an end to the politically-motivated harassment of Erdogan and condemned the unjust nature of the ap . . .