Don't books have as much value as a fridge?

With a cabinet recent decision, there will be no Special Consumption Tax (ÖTV) on appliances, yachts, boats, cruise and excursion ships and no stamp tax on real estate.

However, the Added Value Tax (VAT) on books will stay as it is. As a matter of fact, social states keep the tax on books at a minimum level because they know that if access to books is difficult, then their country will not develop culturally. 

In our country, there is no tax concession on music either, just as with books. If you have a musician on the stage, then you have to pay the entertainment tax. While concerts are being cancelled one after the other because of economic or security reasons, at a time when musicians are experiencing very difficult days, if you also levy the entertainment tax on them, then the laborers of this sector cannot even earn their keep.  
Movies and television are the biggest culture sector in Turkey in terms of turnout. In other words, for a vast majority, culture and the arts are limited to television at home.

Demand for movies does not have an artistic concern. This is because of the demand for television again. Every year, more than 100 locally produced films are released. But 70 to 85 percent of the total box-office revenue goes to the top 10 movies in which television stars play the leading role, while the whole production is similar to a TV serial. 

The shortage of movie theaters in Anatolia has still not been solved. The total of the nine provinces with highest number of movie theaters does not add up to the total in Istanbul. The same goes for theaters. Istanbul has 178 theater halls; 49 provinces have a cumulative total of 112 theaters. 

In terms of turnover, book publishing comes after cinema and television in...