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Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation
Prosecutors target authors whose fiction tackles difficult subjects such as child abuse and sexual violence
- Alison Flood
- The Guardian
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into writers of fiction including the award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, in what campaigners are describing as a serious threat to free speech.
The move comes in the wake of a vicious debate on social media in which novelists tackling challenging subjects – such as child abuse and sexual violence – have been accused of…
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