Imamoglu's First Reaction to the Confiscation of His Book: 'I Will Not Be Intimidated, I Will Not Be Silenced'
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Detained Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu reacted to the seizure and halting of the printing of his book "The Nation Is My Witness," which contains his court defense, even before its publication. İmamoğlu said, "I will not be discouraged, I will not be silenced, I will not stop, and I will not surrender." İmamoğlu shared the cover of his book.
A decision has been made to confiscate the book in which Ekrem İmamoğlu wrote his defense.
Detained presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu stated that his book, "The Nation Is My Witness," which contains his defense, was banned before publication, saying, "Printing presses were raided and books were confiscated by security forces. I will not be deterred. I will not be silenced. I will not stop and I will not surrender."
BOLD – Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament's rapporteur for Turkey, strongly criticized the seizure and ban on the distribution and sale of Ekrem İmamoğlu's book, "The Nation Is My Witness." Amor argued that İmamoğlu's right to defense in court was being restricted, and considered the banning of even an unpublished book as an example of "Turkey being an authoritarian country." "They are even banning an unpublished book," Amor said in a s…
It has been announced that the book "The Nation Is My Witness," which contains the defense statement of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in the trial against him, was banned and confiscated from printing presses even before it was ready for publication. Following the announcement by the leader of the New Party, Özgür Özel, İmamoğlu stated, "I will not stop and I will not surrender."
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered the seizure of all printed and forthcoming copies of Ekrem İmamoğlu's book titled "The Nation Is My Witness," and prohibited its distribution and sale.
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