Turkey would take part in the fair as "the guest of honor", Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay said.

Frankfurt Book Fair was "an extremely important platform" to make Turkey a leading one at international publishing market, Gunay said.

Gunay said they were working to form a distinguished culture-art image about Turkey and it would participate in the Popkomm --an international trade show for the music and entertainment business-- which would take place in German between October 8th and 10th.

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