Imprisonment to Kurdish musician Veysi Ermiş

Veysi Ermiş who is one of the artists of the Mesopotamia Cultural Center (MKM) was sentenced to imprisonment on the grounds of making terrorist organizations’ propaganda through the words “Kurdistan” and “guerrilla” in his songs




Bajar’s songs are banned

Vedat Yıldırım, one of the founders of music groups Bajar and Kardeş Türküler announced on 7 November 2021, that they were banned from singing as Bajar band at the rally called “Call to Democracy” by HDP in Istanbul Çerkezköy, at the last moment and without showing any justification





Actor Levent Üzümcü was called for a statement

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”