The four-month bestsellers were finite, and cases like this were not seen very much.” The pirates were only into publishing the bestsellers in the past. Speaking about the operations and the current situation in the pirated book industry, BASYAYBİR Contra-Pirate Book Industry Manager Muharrem Kaşıtoğlu said: “There are two important concepts in the book publishing industry: bestsellers and long sellers. James’ “Fifty Shades of Gray,” which was published by Pegasus Publishing house. The author’s personal “bestseller” in terms of pirated works is “Çıplak Deniz, Çıplak Ada” (Naked Sea, Naked Island). A number of publishing machines were also confiscated from the premises targeted in the operations.īekiroğlu’s book, which is set between Tabriz, Baku Tbilisi, Batumi, Trabzon and Istanbul, was the most pirated book, followed by Turkish writer İskender Pala’s famous book “Efsane” (Legend) and Amin Maalouf’s “Les Désorientés.”īooks from Yaşar Kemal, who has become one of Turkey’s most famous writers thanks to decades of work, are also some of the most pirated titles. Nazan Bekiroglu’s “Nar Ağacı” (The Pomegranate Tree) has topped a somewhat dubious list, being named the most pirated work in Turkey over the past year by the Professional Union of Press and Publishers (BASYAYBİR).Īccording to data from the union, which conducts operations against pirated books throughout Turkey, 220,000 pirated books were seized in 2012 in 29 provinces.Ī total of 5 million Turkish Liras were collected in the raids, according to BASYAYBİR.ĭuring the operations, police discovered a number of books that were about to be published. A total of 5 million Turkish Liras were collected in the raids, according to BASYAYBİR.

Some 220,000 pirated books were seized in 2012 in 29 Turkish provinces and a total of 5 million Turkish Liras were collected in the raids, according to data from the Union of Press and Publishers. Data reveals black market’s bestselling books last year ISTANBUL

Nar Ağacı by Nazan Bekiroğlu