İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s exhibition in Artİstanbul Feshane, “Starting from the Middle” was targeted by a group of civilians claiming that the art on display was perversion and protested in front of the venue. The exhibition was closed until the crowd dispersed and was later reopened
Tatvan District-Governorate banned the Kurdish play “Haylo Dîsa Tevlihev bû” without any justification
Fatih District-Governorate banned Mesopotamia Cultural Centre’s “Tales of Khorasan” (Çîrokên Xorasanê) without any justification
Kadıköy District Governorate banned the Science Aesthetics Culture Art Research Foundation (BEKSAV) Cinema Collective’s Pride movie screening which was planned as part of Pride Month. District Governorate banned the screening on grounds of “public morality”, “maintaining public order” and “prevention of crime”. Audience members who came to watch the movie were detained
This week an access ban was imposed on a news story on Speak Up Platform’s web page titled “Access to the article stating that the Ministry of Health detected COVID-19 in Turkey in February”
Singer Gülşen, who was frequently targeted due to her costumes, statements and political stance, has also been on trial for her comments during a concert. The verdict was issued for the artist who’s been on trial since August 2022. She was sentenced to 10 months in prison
Documentary filmmaker and journalist Sibel Tekin was arrested on charges of ‘membership to a terrorist organization’ after she was taken into custody upon the complaint of the police officers in a police car that entered the frame while she was shooting some footage in Ankara Tuzluçayır for a documentary
Musician Mabel Matiz announced that he received an offer weeks ago to present an award at GQ Turkey’s ‘Men of the Year Award Ceremony’, but the organization team gave up at the last minute due to the censorship of ‘Karakol’ clip in the summer
Nilüfer District Governorate did not allow musician İlkay Akkaya’s concert to be held on October 31 at Bursa Academic Chambers Union
As a result of the targeting campaign initiated by the formation of the “Defending Islam Movement” and the Religious Foundation’s Employees Union; Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo’s concerts in Bursa, Konya, Van and Istanbul have been cancelled. Biletix has stopped selling tickets