Turkish publishers hesitate to publish Robert Fisk’s book

ArmRadio.am
26.03.2007 18:00

Turkish publishers are hesitating to publish the latest book penned by
Robert Fisk, chief Middle East correspondent for British daily The
Independent, because of concerns over the possibility of legal charges
under infamous Article 301 of the penal code that makes it a crime to
denigrate Turkish identity or Turkishness, the Turkish Daily News
reports.

`Fisk’s book is invaluable in terms of investigative journalism. Of
course, I want to publish it but I have hesitations because a court
case might be filed against the book under Article 301 due to its
reference to the Armenian question in one of the chapters,’ Osman
Akınhay, editor of Agora Publishing House, told the Turkish
Daily News.

The book `The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle
East’ is made up of 24 chapters but one chapter is about the alleged
genocide of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World
War I.