The Ministry of Culture and Tourism canceled five plays at Atatürk Cultural Center after the actor Metin Zakoğlu made a joke about Murat Kurum, AKP’s candidate for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor
The publishing house’s books were banned by the municipality on the grounds that they “contain political content”
The exhibition, organized by the Eskişehir-based initiative Ye’r Community, was terminated before the scheduled dinner invitation for mukhtars
The 19th International Workers’ Film Festival’s opening film, the documentary, was first banned by Çankaya, then Beyoğlu and Kadıköy district governorships
The prison sentences for the ‘Bakur’ film directors, Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, have been upheld. A social media campaign has been launched for Demirel, who has lost his eyesight
Three books with Ministry of Culture banderoles were seized at the Izmir Book Fair, booth attendant Sebih Yoldaş detained
Kurdish play ban found against “freedom of thought and expression”
Four members of the music group Kolektîfa Rîtmên Azad were prevented from performing at the March 8 rally due to ongoing investigations
Documentary filmmaker and journalist Sibel Tekin acquitted of “illegal organization membership”
Ankara Governorate bans 12th Queerfest with the theme “Return to Ankara”