“As musicians, perhaps we never imagined our concerts would be cancelled simply for speaking out on social issues. Or that, as women musicians, what we wore on stage would not be up to us. We never thought we would have to compromise so much on our bodies, our voices, our lyrics, and our melodies”
A public case has been filed against Halit Ergenç and Rıza Kocaoğlu, who were arrested as part of the Gezi Park investigation, and Ayşe Barım, their manager, on charges of “false testimony,” with a sentence of 2 to 4 years in prison.
“We can now say that state censorship has become almost redundant, as responsiblecitizens effectively manage the mechanisms of censorship by filing complaints and targeting books themselves”
“In Turkey, self-censorship as a concept permeates the financing, production, and distribution of cinema”
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has banned the commercial circulation and screening of the film directed by Kazım Öz
Artists and journalists are among those arrested as part of the investigation into the HDK
He appeared before the court again in a case in which he was accused of “terrorist organization propaganda” through photos he shared on social media and was acquitted four years ago.
The news agency has been blocked by order of the Adıyaman 2nd Criminal Court of Peace
The artist has been sentenced for “terrorism propaganda” over a Koçgiri melody he sang at an event
While members of Grup Yorum were detained at the İdil Cultural Center, many books, magazines, and computers were seized from the Jin Art Art House