On Saturday, July 3th, at 20:30 we talk with directors, producers and audience of documentary films that were blocked from being screened, censored at festivals, and lawsuits filed against their directors. Elif Ergezen will be the moderator of the forum. You can watch the movies from the links below.
Boğaziçi University Photography Club received approval from the Inter-Clubs Committee to exhibit the “pride” exhibition of Ateş Alpar’s photographs on June 11, but the exhibition was blocked by the rector Melih Bulu. The Bosphorus Resistance account and the artist of the exhibition Ateş Alpar gave information on the subject from his social media accounts
Rap musician Şehinşah, who was detained on June 5 for “insulting the President”, announced that he was released a day later
Musician Yılmaz Çelik, who was arrested after his concert in December 2019 and released about four months later, was acquitted in the trial in which he was charged with “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
In the lawsuit filed for the annulment of the decision to ban the Kurdish play called “Bêrû”, the Governorate of Gaziosmanpaşa District defended the ban decision with in the letter that they sent
An accusation was filed against Fuat Ege and Rohat Aram, two of Koma Awaza Azad artists, on the grounds of “spreading propaganda for an illegal organization” by singing the song “Mizgina leheng” at the Newroz celebrations in Van. The first hearing of the case will be held on September 30, 4th High Criminal Court in Van
It was claimed that RTUK wanted the “Katarsis” program broadcasted on the Exxen platform to be canceled and removed, in which trans actress and model Çağla Akalın participated. In the statement made by RTUK, it was emphasized that the board did not have such an intervention authority.
Ebubekir Şahin, the President of Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK), sent instructions to television channels to use visuals of empty streets instead of crowded places during the lockdown. President Sahin said he had made a “constructive reminder as required by his duty”
The General Directorate of Security issued a circular banning the recording of police officers. Lawyers highlight that it is a ‘censorship circular’ that protects public officials who commit crimes
Judicial review measures in the form of a ban on leaving the country and reporting to the designated officials at certain times on charges of “insulting the signs of the state’s sovereignty” were imposed on two young people who were detained on the grounds that they “insulted the Turkish passport” in a humorous video they shot in TikTok