Three defendants released pending trial in Grup Yorum case
Cem Dursun, a member of Grup Yorum who was on his 197th day of an indefinite hunger strike, along with Merve Kurt and Rıdvan Akbaş, have been released pending trial.
Bakur
The film “Four Mothers” first targeted, then censored
Screening of the LGBTI+ themed film “Four Mothers” by Darren Thornton, which was scheduled to be screened as part of the 4th European Cinema Days, has also been removed from the programme in Samsun, following its earlier removal in Trabzon.
“We see, we document, and we speak out”
Two directors whose films have been censored—Özkan Küçük and Bingöl Elmas— have come together to discuss the violations of freedom of expression targeting independent cinema in recent years, and the damage caused by these violations, focusing on the films “In the Trace of the Poetic Room” and “Rojbash,” both of which have been subject to various forms of intervention.
#ÇayanCannotBeJailed, #DocumentaryCinemaCannotBeJudged
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
Cinema on trial: Timeline of the Bakur trial
In Turkey, directors of the documentary movie Bakur (North) were sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison. This marked one of the harshest penalties imposed so far over the allegation of “disseminating terrorist group propaganda”. Speak Up Platform prepared a timeline of the Bakur trial and the developments surrounding it