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İZKITAP-İzmir Book Fair will be held with a festival-like organization in Kültürpark between April 19 and 28 April.

The main theme of the event, which will also host the April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day events, centers around "Children's Literature" this year. 

A prosecutor in a case into four academics who were accused of spreading "terrorist propaganda" in signing a peace petition has asked for their release during a hearing on April 23. 

Iconic Turkish pop star Sezen Aksu has called for the release of three jailed academics - Esra Mungan, Muzaffer Kaya and K?vanç Ersoy - who were arrested by an Istanbul court on March 15 for "making terrorism propaganda" when they read out a much debated petition that angered the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

"The Eye of Istanbul," a film featuring the life of world-renowned Turkish journalist and photographer Ara Güler, has not been included in the program of the upcoming Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV). 

Academics from Bo?aziçi University issued a press statement on March 18 in support of colleagues who were arrested over terror charges earlier this week. 

The Council of Europe has expressed "great concern" over the arrest of three academics on March 15 on charges of "supporting terror," calling it an "unacceptable" move that will raise questions of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights.

An Istanbul court arrested three Turkish academics late March 15 for "making terrorist propaganda" when they read out a joint petition signed by more than 1,000 colleagues calling for an end to clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in January. 

The British Council will organize a meeting of celebrated writers from the United Kingdom and Turkey with their readers. 

The first of these meetings will bring together Hanif Kureishi, the screenwriter of the movie "My Beautiful Laundrette," which was nominated for an Oscar award, and Murathan Mungan, another venerated writer, at the Pera Museum on Feb. 18.  

'Endgame' by Ahmet Altan (Canongate, £13, 384 pages)

The Festival on Wheels, organized by the Ankara Cinema Association, kicks off today in Ankara with the theme "For the Love of Cinema." Screenings in the capital will run until Dec. 4. The festival will then begin its travels, stopping in Eskişehir between Dec. 3 and 7 and heading to the Black Sea province of Sinop between Dec. 5 and 8.