The concert to be held at Bostancı Show Center on 16 October 2021 for the 30th anniversary of the foundation of Mesopotamia Culture Center, was banned by Kadıköy District Governorship
The author and poet Meral Şimşek was sentenced to prison for 1 year and 3 months in the case she was on trial for “terrorist organization membership” and “terrorist organization propaganda”
Musician Dilan Demir was sentenced to prison for 9-years in the case for which she was on trial for being a “terrorist organization member” and a decision of arrest was given
Avesta Publishing House announced that the Kurdish talk they organized in Mardin and to which Mirza Metin was to attend, was prevented by the police due to the pandemic
While broadcasting the speech of actress Nihal Yalçın at the Golden Orange Film Festival, Yeni Akit censored the speech by blurring the body of the actress except for her face
The lawsuit filed for cancellation of the decision on the restriction of the books ‘Declaration of the Rights of Girls’ and ‘Declaration of the Rights of Boys,’ which were previously deemed as “obscene publications” by the Protection of Minors from Obscene Publications Board and for the suspension of execution has been concluded. These two books are no longer deemed as “obscene publications”
Photographer and poet Mehmet Özer was given a prison sentence of 1 year and 3 months for sharing on his social media accounts the photographs belonging to the exhibition named 12 September Museum of Shame and the photographs he took at various demonstrations and memorials, on the grounds of “making propaganda in favour of terrorist organisation”
The Constitutional Court ruled that the 2-year prison sentence given to Kadri Pervane for listening to a Kurdish song with high volume on the public bus he was driving in Diyarbakır is lawful. The ruling stated that Pervane’s “right to freedom of speech was not violated” due to this song, which was deemed as a “terrorist organization propaganda
It was revealed that the concert of the Bulgarian gay singer Azis, who was supposed to perform at the Balkan Festival to be held in the province of Bursa – Turkey on September 19, 2021, was cancelled after he was targeted by Yeni Akit newspaper
The director Veysi Altay was sentenced to prison for 1 year and 15 days, while Dicle Anter’s prison sentence of 10 months and 5 days was converted into a fine of TRY 6 thousand in the re-hearing of Nû Jîn documentary lawsuit