Turkey, Armenia and the Defence of Free Expression

Scars in Turkish-Armenian history remain far from healed. Visiting the ICA to discuss the situation in Turkey, and the place of Armenians, will be four figures closely involved with defending the threatened position of free expression there: Fethiye Çetin, author of My Grandmother (Verso 2008), which describes Çetin’s discovery of her Muslim grandmother’s true Armenian Christian identity, translator and writer Maureen Freely, Armenian writer and filmmaker Nouritza Matossian, and Ragip Zarakolu, one of Turkey’s best-known dissident publishers and winner of the 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize. The event will be chaired by Lisa Appignanesi, President of English PEN.

Thursday 19th June, 7pm
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH

£10 / £9 Concessions / £8 ICA Members
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