Decorative pond replaces Yılmaz Güney Movie Theatre in Turkey
Hulusi Şahin, the incumbent trustee, is having a decorative pond built on the site of Yılmaz Güney Movie Theatre which had remained vacant since his predecessor had it demolished
Cases
Writer Musa Dinç arrested
Describing sexual assault in his children’s book, Musa Dinç has been investigated and arrested
Penalty for Evrensel ad
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), penalized TELE 1 for showing the image of a girl holding a scarf in yellow, red and green colours featured in Evrensel Daily’s 25th anniversary video
4 years 8 months in prison demanded for journalist Can Ataklı
A lawsuit was filed against Can Ataklı demanding his imprisonment up to 4 years and 8 months for insulting the president due to the statements he made during the ‘Gün Başlıyor’ programme on TELE 1
Censorship on stage for saying “Istanbul Convention lets (women) live!”
Musician Melek Mosso stated that she had been taken off stage for saying ‘Istanbul Convention lets (women) live’ at her concert last Saturday and asked Sabah newspaper to remove the news article which was written in a way to distort the situation
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince censored on TV
Turkish TV channel “Kanal D” censored several words in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The channel’s censorship of the word ‘magic’ in the film set in a school of witchcraft and wizardry has attracted numerous reactions on social media
Allegations of censorship on D&R shelves in Turkey
Cumhuriyet reporter Seyhan Avşar has written that she has heard rumors concerning the non-sale of her book titled Rezilsiniz (You Are A Disgrace) which discusses the abuse of children at Qur’an courses
TRT2 removes documentary on Chora Museum
Turkey’s state-run TV channel TRT2 has removed from its YouTube page a documentary about the Chora Museum in İstanbul which, following Aya Sofya (Haghia Sophia), was also transferred to the Religious Affairs Administration and converted into a mosque
Access ban on tender news in Turkey
Access to news on the tender awarded to Bilal Erdoğan’s friend from imam hatip high school for a total of 280 million TL is banned
JinNews blocked again in Turkey
Access to women’s news agency JinNews is blocked once again on grounds of “protection of national security and public order”