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In Turkey, Erdoğan’s Gov’t Has Destroyed 300,000 Books In Past Three Years

WORDS Posted: August 9, 2019 5:05 am

“Since the attempted coup of 2016, according to Turkey’s ministry of education, … 301,878 books [have] been destroyed as the government cracks down on anything linked to Fethullah Gülen, the US-based Muslim cleric who is accused by Turkey of instigating [that] coup.” – The Guardian

WORDS Published: 08.06.19

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 08.06.19

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