Sel Publishing, a Turkish publishing house, is in trouble for its Turkish-language publication of the William S. Burroughs novel “The Soft Machine.” The book was originally published in the U.S. in 1961, two years after the publication of “Naked Lunch,” and in 1966, Burroughs published a significantly revised edition.

Sel Publishing, which printed 2,500 copies of the book, has been charged with obscenity under Article 226 of the Turkish penal code and its head, Irfan Sanci, is expected to appear in a Turkish court Wednesday in the first hearing of the case. The book’s translator has also been charged. Read more.

See: Los Angeles Times