Istanbul Book Fair under the Turkey Publishers Association (TYB) by the Freedom of Expression Award this year were given to “Avesta Publications, Ozan arthouse-Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu”.
TYB President Kenan Kocatürk, in his speech at the TUYAP Istanbul Book Fair, underlined that the freedom to express ideas guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was based on the basis of reproducing these statements and the rights of copying these statements. It touched.
Abdullah Keskin, one of the founders of Avesta Publications, which was deemed worthy of an award in the field of publishing, dedicated the award to 74-year-old Ekrem Aged, who was attacked for speaking Kurdish in Canakkale last month, emphasizing that around 40 books of the publishing house have been banned and confiscated. Authors of “Metastaz” Journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Barış Pehlivan were awarded to TYB’s author award and TYB’s Bookstore Labor Award was awarded to Ozan Sanatevi.