İsmail Beşikçi

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İsmail Beşikçi (born in 1939 in Çorum, Turkey) is a Turkish scholar. He is a PEN Honorary Member.[1] He has served 17 years in prison[2] on propaganda charges stemming from his writings about the Kurdish population in Turkey. He was charged for over 100 years[1][3] but released from jail in 1999.[4] He was a candidate of Nobel Peace Prize in 1987.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b International PEN. Newsletter of the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN. Retrieved on August 2, 2006.
  2. ^ Derya Sazak on Milliyet. İmralı'daki değil dışarıdakiler konuşsun (not the one in İmralı but others should speak) (Turkish). Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.etext.org/Politics/Arm.The.Spirit/Kurdistan/Articles/ismail-besikci.txt
  4. ^ Turkish writer released from jail (1999)


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