Mein Kampf' by Adolf Hitler has been banned in Turkey through the efforts of the German government, but interest in the dictator is still high. Nokta Publishing has released Mein Kampf II,' which the company claims to be the sequel to Hitler's first, but arguing that it does not contain racist opinions. The publishing house refuses to comment on where they got the publishing rights
The works of Adolf Hitler, perhaps historys bloodiest dictator, are still attracting enough interest in Turkey that Nokta Publishing has released Kavgam II Adolf Hitlerin ikinci kitab (Mein Kampf II The Second Book by Adolf Hitler). Nokta said it is Hitlers sequel to the banned original.

Everybody should read the book. It is not racist

Ahmet Seyrek, an editor for Nokta Publishing, recommended the book to everybody. There are no racist opinions in this book. It focuses completely on Europe, Seyrek told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review. Hitler talks about his views on the European Union he was imagining to be formed in the future and the foreign policy of Germany.

Seyrek said the book was named Mein Kampf II intentionally. This name was chosen just for commercial purposes. If we called it The Follow up to Mein Kampf, nobody would be interested.

The publishing rights of the book have been purchased from abroad, according to Seyrek, who refused to comment on the issue. I believe it is sufficient for the public to know the copyright was purchased from abroad. For now, I am unable to release any information more than this.

First printing in Turkey in 1939

Journalist Hüseyin Yalçn first translated Mein Kampf, the banned book written by Hitler, into Turkish in 1939 and Altnda Publishing published it. Then the book was published by dozens of large and small publishers until its ban in 2007. According to the publishers, Mein Kampf stood its ground as a bestseller in Turkey for years. Not only on the shelves of bookstores, Mein Kampf turned out to be one of the books Turkish readers were most interested in at secondhand book stores and street stands of sellers of pirated books. Mein Kampf was always among the most wanted books, especially at times when nationalist views would be fueled during heated ideological debates.

One of the most important factors in the publishers choice for this book was the copyright issue. The book was released by dozens of publishers throughout the years, with the subtitle Translated from the original but according to copyright law, royalties needed to be paid to the beneficiaries of the writer for 70 years after his or her death. For years, the book was published over and over without any problems, but the ban came when Bilge Karnca Publishing published it again in 2001. It was discovered that the royalties belonged to the state of Bavaria in Germany and the German government filed a criminal complaint against the publisher. The case was decided rapidly and the book was banned from publishing.

We may publish it again if we think it would be commercially advisable

Sedat Tekin from Bilge Karnca Publishing said a fine of 100,000 euros was decided, although Germany dropped the charges. According to Tekin, all the copies in their stocks and related documents on computers were confiscated. Tekin said they might publish the book again, despite the court decision: The royalty rights will end on the 70th anniversary of Hitlers death. We may publish the book again if we think it would be commercially advisable. We have been labeled as an anti-Semitic publisher in the eyes of the public. But everybody else was publishing it; so did we, that is all.

Tekin also commented on the sequel to Mein Kampf by Nokta publishing, and argued that Hitler did not write the book. How can Mein Kampf be banned and Mein Kamf II is not, I cannot comprehend. If the first is banned, so should the second; that is unfair.

The publishers obeyed the ban

Tekin said the book Mein Kampf is still on the market and can be found at bookstores and shopping malls. Israeli Consul-General Mordehai Amihai had also said in an interview with the Daily News that the book can be found in many places. Despite claims that the book is widely available in Istanbul bookstores, the Daily News was not able to find any along the bustling stiklal Avenue or in major shopping centers.

Mustafa Baarslan from Pandora Bookstore said no bookstore is selling the book because it is banned. Baarslan said it is forbidden even to keep Mein Kampf in stock and when it was on the market, mostly racist publishers were publishing it. The book was on the bestseller lists in those years. They were selling it for 5 liras since there was no copyright problem. Officials of Mephisto Bookstore also agreed with Pandora and said the book has not been on sale in any bookstore since 2006.

The interest in "mein Kampf" is always high, ask any experienced book seller. In my first university degree it was on of the books you had to read, so it was a bit hard to find the book with some bans going on in some book stores. Its an important book for study and not for political purposes.

What is interesting is that you can find hundreds of books praising Stalin (personally and statistically the greatest mass-murderer that ever lived by far). In truth, you can actually vote in european political parties inspired in the ideology practised by that inhuman russian leader.

when i was at high school, our history teacher, gave us some extract from mein kampf, just to have an idea about the guy, and because the world war 2 was at our program.
The germans can't say they were not know what Hitler policy will be.
Everything about his future policy was published before 1933, the date when he arrived at power, even the final solution.
He wrote his book in prison
Our teacher told us that it was bad written.
Hitler was a mess! He was just a painter in building. He was refused at the beaux arts, etc...

My opinion : NEVER LET A GOLMON LEAD A COUNTRY!

Next the Turcos will praise Gaymal saying he helped Adolf write it. Or better yert adolf stole it from Gaymal. Maybe since the Turcos were some of the first genociders of the 20th century