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| Yusuf Farzane |
Turkish activists express concerns about the pressures faced by Yusuf Qövsi, the director of the "Andishe Nov" (New Thought) publishing house and bookstore in Tehran, by security forces.
Yusuf Qövsi (Farzane) has been active in the publication and sale of Turkish language books in Tehran for approximately 50 years.
News outlets such as Günaz TV and Araz News have reported that the Ettelaat forces have taken Qövsi under their control.
Several well-known writers and Turkish activists in Iranian Azerbaijan and Tehran have confirmed on social media that Qövsi has been summoned by security forces multiple times for interrogation.
Although there is no exact information confirming the writer's current imprisonment, local activists told Voice of America that the "Əndişə Nov" bookstore has been closed for several days, and Yusuf Qövsi has been subjected to threats and pressures.
According to this information, security forces have confiscated certain books, including those related to Turkish identity and history in Iran, from the bookstore.
In recent months, amid serious political and economic crises both inside and outside the country, Iranian authorities have sent messages of unity and solidarity in various cities of Iranian Azerbaijan. However, cultural and political pressures on the Turkish population have been noticeably increasing.
Recently, pressures on individuals and institutions involved in publishing, printing, and selling Turkish-language books in Iranian Azerbaijan and Tehran have sharply intensified.
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| M. Ghambari, B. Nurmehemmedi, and Y. Arfaei were taken under control before Nowruz in connection with the "Turkish Calendar." |
A few weeks ago, the attack by "pan-Iranist" forces on the pavilion of a publishing house from Iranian Azerbaijan at the Tehran International Book Fair caused widespread reactions.
Before Nowruz, cultural activist Behnam Nurmehemmedi was taken under control at the printing house where he worked in Tehran in connection with the publication of the "Turkish Calendar." Following Nurmehemmedi, two other activists, Yasir Arfaei and Mehdi Ghamari, were arrested in relation to the same matter.
Link to the original text in Turkish on the Azerbaijani section of Voice of America:
İranda türk naşirlərə basqılar davam edir