Yeni Akit censors a video from the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
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
Cases
‘Declaration of the Rights of Girls’ and ‘Declaration of the Rights of Boys’ books are now free!
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”
Prison sentence to photographer and poet Mehmet Özer
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 deemed the sentence imposed for a Kurdish song as lawful
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
The concert of Azis who was targeted by Yeni Akit newspaper, was cancelled
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
Ruling on the ‘Nû Jîn’ documentary lawsuit
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
Actress Ezgi Mola has been fined for “insulting rape culprit”
Ezgi Mola, who was charged in June on the grounds she had “insulted” the rape culprit Musa Orhan, has been imposed with punitive fine
The appointed administration at Boğaziçi University cancelled the movie classes
Naci İnci who was appointed by the President to the rectorship of Boğaziçi University following the removal of Melih Bulu from office and his administration announced one week before the beginning of the fall semester that the course of Özcan Vardar who had been teaching film editing for eight years at the university was terminated
Assigned rector of Boğaziçi University abolished jazz classes
Naci İnci, who was assigned as the rector of Boğaziçi University by the President of Turkey and his administration announced that the classes of Seda Binbaşgil, who has been teaching jazz for 16 years in the university, were abolished just before the start of the fall semester
Ban on the concerts of Kaldırım Müzik Topluluğu and Grup Munzur
Adana Governor’s Office banned the concert of Kaldırım Müzik Topluluğu and Grup Munzur on the grounds that “marginal groups were sharing provocative posts on social media platforms about the concert event” and they received a tip claiming that “members of these marginal groups were coming to Adana to stir up trouble”