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
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
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
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
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 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
Access to women’s news agency JinNews is blocked once again on grounds of “protection of national security and public order”
Website of “Özgürüz Radyo”, a radio station established by Can Dündar, is now blocked for the 21st time
Mesopotamia Cultural Center (Navendên Çanda Mezopotamya), which has been located in Tarlabaşı neighborhood for almost 20 years, is now being displaced from its location. The building of MKM will be allocated to Beyoğlu Municipality
25 people taken into custody during Grup Yorum’s 9th Independent Turkey Concert were released