Yılmaz Odabaşı, who was on trial for “insulting the President” via his social media posts was sentenced to prison for 11 months and 20 days. The Court did not suspend Odabaşı’s punishment.
The actor Levent Üzümcü was called to give a statement based on the grounds that his speech on June 15 about how the state is failing to fulfill its duties towards protecting arts and artists had “incited people to hatred”
The “not allegiance but obstinance” statement on the KeçiFest posters got censored at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Hamide Yiğit, who was on trial for her book titled ‘Tekmili Birden IŞİD’ (‘The Whole ISIS’) with the allegation that the book ‘violates personal rights’ and Tekin Publishing House, which published the book, received a fine of TRY 10 thousand
The private Security Unit of Marmara University attacked the stand of the Women’s Rights Club due to posters containing the term “LGBTIQA+.” Department of Health, Culture, and Sports threatened to shut down the club if the posters deemed as “obscene and not suitable for the family structure” are not removed
Hatay Governorship canceled the play ‘Dandelion,’ directed by Cevdet Bayram and starring Sertaç Demir to be performed at CultureCenter Theater Hall a few hours before the performance without showing any grounds in the related notice. Actor Sertaç Demir noted that the cancellation was because of the word “testicle” in the play being ‘obscene’ and ‘derogatory for social ethics’ in his post. Another notice delivered to Demir from the governorship six days after the cancelation noted that his temporary duty at the governorship was terminated
While the digital posters of ‘Hamlet’ broadcast on the digital platform Gain show the actress Elit İşcan naked, her body was covered on street posters
The concert to be held after the “Tambour Workshop” by musicians Mikail Aslan and Cemil Qoçgiri in Dersim was banned
Musician Murda was taken into custody at the airport for “promoting drugs or drug use” in some of his lyrics and was released after questioning
Private security guards of Yıldız Technical University did not allow the youth supplement of Evrensel Newspaper, ‘Young Life’ the students had with them into the campus