Grup Yorum’s internet concert is banned
Beyoğlu District Governorate banned Group Yorum’s internet concert
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Police intervene in Grup Yorum concert
Impeding the concert to be held by Grup Yorum in Yenikapı, the police battered and detained 25 people
Once again the Governorate denies permission to Grup Yorum concert
Grup Yorum denied the news that their application to İstanbul Governorate for a concert had been approved
Police intervention at the funeral of İbrahim Gökçek
The police attacked the farewell ceremony that was meant to be held in Gazi neighbourhood before sending the body of İbrahim Gökçek, bassist of Grup Yorum, to Kayseri. Gökçek’s parents were also stopped at the entrance of the Djemevi for a criminal record check
Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek dies
Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek had agreed to take a break on his protest following some positive talks after 323 days on hunger strike protesting against concert bans and repression. The band announced the death of Gökçek , who was being treated in intensive care, on their social media account
Grup Yorum members on indefinite hunger strike threatened with forced intervention in Turkey
In Turkey, musicians İbrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek, who have been on indefinite hunger strike and in critical condition, were forcibly taken by an ambulance to the Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital for “forced intervention”
Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek has been released
Grup Yorum guitarist İbrahim Gökçek has been released after the Council of Forensic Medicine submitted a medical report declaring that ‘he cannot remain behind bars.’ He continues his hunger strike in the ‘resistance house’ to protest against the band members’ trial and detention