An investigation was launched against Hifzullah Kutum, who is a research assistant in the Finance Department of Elazığ Fırat University, by the faculty dean for his social media posts. Then, Diyarbakır Bar Association announced that Kutum was arrested on 6 November and released on 10 November
Avesta Publishing House announced that the Kurdish talk they organized in Mardin and to which Mirza Metin was to attend, was prevented by the police due to the pandemic
The Constitutional Court ruled that the 2-year prison sentence given to Kadri Pervane for listening to a Kurdish song with high volume on the public bus he was driving in Diyarbakır is lawful. The ruling stated that Pervane’s “right to freedom of speech was not violated” due to this song, which was deemed as a “terrorist organization propaganda
Investigation opened for 13 people who were dancing along to a Kurdish song at a public demonstration due to alleged organizational propaganda
Various sentences, including “Either speak Turkish or shut up!” was written on the stairs of a middle school in a Kurdish-dominated neighborhood in Seyhan district of Adana
In the lawsuit filed for the annulment of the decision to ban the Kurdish play called “Bêrû”, the Governorate of Gaziosmanpaşa District defended the ban decision with in the letter that they sent
An accusation was filed against Fuat Ege and Rohat Aram, two of Koma Awaza Azad artists, on the grounds of “spreading propaganda for an illegal organization” by singing the song “Mizgina leheng” at the Newroz celebrations in Van. The first hearing of the case will be held on September 30, 4th High Criminal Court in Van
Başaran, who has detained on the basis of the activities of the Democratic Society Congress and the press statements he attended in 2015 and 2019, has been arrested.
Mersin 3rd Criminal Court of Peace ruled the pulling of the book titled ‘Şehitler Hainler ve Yurtseverler: Körfez Savaşından Günümüze Kürdistan’ (Martyrs, Traitors and Patriots: Kurdistan from the Gulf War to the Present) published by Avesta Yayınları in 2007 off the shelves. The publisher stated they have notified the pulling of the book written by Sheri Laizer off the shelves four years later
Selim Çürükkaya’s book named “Dr. Said: We Lost the Lock of the Mountains” was banned by the decision of the Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance. The book is about the life of the peshmerga commander.