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Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Ilhan Sami Çomak

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https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2022/11/15/irish-pen-member-ilhan-sami-comak-has-been-in-a-turkish-jail-for-28-years/

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Day of the Imprisoned Writer, Free the Poet, Ilhan Sami Çomak (Turkey), Irish PEN, PEN Norway on 15 November, 2022 by Lia Mills.

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