Turkish-Jewish novelist Mario Levi says he "does not feel safe" in Turkey due "strong antisemitic currents".
Mr Levi's books were recently among the targets of a boycott campaign which called on people not to buy "Jewish products".
Mr Levi (right) has received both supportive and insulting messages, with some urging him to condemn Zionism and one person writing: "You're Jewish and like a virus." But the boycott of his books fell flat after Turkish politicians spoke up against it.
Mr Levi called the situation "paradoxical", saying: "It's the first time in my life that I have experienced anything like this. I couldn't even have imagined just how much people like my books and how much they support me, nor could I have imagined that antisemitism is so strong in Turkey."
