Women singing in Kurdish and performing halay in Patnos Prison punished with solitary confinement
Women prisoners in Ağrı, Patnos L Type Prison were punished with solitary confinement after singing in Kurdish and performing halay
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Tatvan District-Governorate banned Kurdish play
Tatvan District-Governorate banned the Kurdish play “Haylo Dîsa Tevlihev bû” without any justification
The challenge of censorship for Kurdish documentaries
Both during and after the Kurdish peace initiative process, censorship became an ordinary process of filmmaking for Kurdish documentary movie-makers. Taner Tan wrote about the challange of cenorship faced by recent Kurdish documentaries
What does İlhan Sami Çomak want? (1)
Poet, writer and translator Erkut Tokman wrote a review for the Speak Up Platform on the autobiographical book of poet İlhan Sami Çomak, who has been deprived of his freedom for 27 years, “Not to Destroy the Ant’s Nest”
What does İlhan Sami Çomak want? (2)
Poet, writer and translator Erkut Tokman wrote a review for the Speak Up Platform on the autobiographical book of poet İlhan Sami Çomak, who has been deprived of his freedom for 27 years, “Not to Destroy the Ant’s Nest”
It was claimed that Ankara- Keçiören Municipality has cancelled a Kurdish concert
It was claimed that Keçiören Municipality in Ankara has unilaterally terminated the contract with Kurdish artist Mem Ararat for his concert with the reasoning that “Kurdish music will be performed”
Kurdish stand-up show banned in Istanbul
Fatih District Governorship banned the stand-up show titled ‘Dawiya Dawi’ without showing any justification
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
Kurdish artist Brindar Ali was arrested
It was learned that Kurdish musician Brindar Ali was arrested on charges of “terrorist organization propaganda” and “insulting the President
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