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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Turkish writers suspect hidden plot at book fair - The National Newspaper

"Turkish writers suspect hidden plot at book fair

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

* Last Updated: September 13. 2008 11:22PM UAE / September 13. 2008 7:22PM GMT

ISTANBUL // The clash between secularists and Islamists in Turkey has spread to the country’s art world, as a group of writers plans to boycott one of the world’s most important book fairs in protest at what they see as government efforts to showcase secular Turkey as a country of “moderate Islam”."

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