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
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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”
“Özgürüz Radyo” banned again
Website of “Özgürüz Radyo”, a radio station established by Can Dündar, is now blocked for the 21st time
Mesopotamia Cultural Center (MKM) to be evicted from its building in İstanbul
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
Grup Yorum members taken into custody during concert released
25 people taken into custody during Grup Yorum’s 9th Independent Turkey Concert were released
Police intervene in Grup Yorum concert
Impeding the concert to be held by Grup Yorum in Yenikapı, the police battered and detained 25 people
Continued detention for the artist Hozan Canê
In a hearing that took place on Friday, the court ruled in favour of the continued detention of the artist Hozan Canê, who was arrested in 2018 for alleged ‘membership to a terrorist organisation’
Nuriye Gülmen and Rıdvan Akbaş detained
Taken into custody during the police raid at the İdil Cultural Centre, Nuriye Gülmen and Rıdvan Akbaş were arrested
Grup Yorum members detained during rehearsal
Grup Yorum members detained during a concert rehearsal in Istanbul
Company-prompted coronavirus censor on newspapers
Access was denied to news stories reporting that workers at the Oba Pasta factory in Gaziantep-Turkey had contracted the coronavirus on grounds that they “cause reputational damage”