Sınırlı Sorumlu Yazar ve Çevirmenler Yayın Üretim Kooperatifi (Turkish Writers and Translators Publishing and Production Cooperative) (YAZKO) was established on April 22, 1980, as Turkey’s first and only cooperative of writers and translators. YAZKO was a fresh outlet in the field of culture and arts in the aftermath of the September 12, 1980 Coup, publishing more than 200 books as well as Yazko Literature, Yazko Translation, Yazko Philosophy, and Yazko Somut periodicals until it closed down in 1986. YAZKO was based in a building at the corner of Cağaloğlu Square which was its administrative center and sales outlet. It became a point of interest with interviews, panels, symposiums, and literature awards it organized.