Turkish teenager detained for reading poem

Turkish authorities have detained and questioned a teenager who read a poem by Nazim Hikmet, whose works were once banned in the country, at a school poetry reading, reports said today.

The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his initials CC, was detained and taken away by police after reading Hikmet’s poem at his school in Milas, western Turkey. He was questioned and released three hours later, without any charges, the Anatolia news agency said.