Apolas Lermi was targeted again, Kadırga Festival concert cancelled
Apolas Lermi’s concert at the Kadırga Festival on Friday, July 21, was cancelled by Özkürtün Municipality after he was targeted on social media
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The musicians are speaking (III): “If they don’t want to help, let us work, let us do our concerts”
In this part of our article series, the opinion that it is possible to return to live performance concerts comes to the fore. Both Tonmaister Hünkar Çalışkan and musician Ufuk Şafak say that concerts can be held under healthier conditions than the conditions of political party congresses, and they want the necessary conditions to be met. One of the two names who have been rendered incapable of performing their profession for a long time is trying to make a living by working as a marketer and as a motorcycle courier
The musicians are speaking (II): “It will take time to get back to former state”
The coronavirus pandemic continues to build a wall of “pandemic measures” against the performing arts in Turkey as well. Many musicians have not been able to take the stage since March 2020, and the halls cannot open their doors. Festivals experience online organizations, but it is not known when the concerts, which are the main source of income of the industry, will start. In the second part of our article series, we talk to the organizer, manager and operator Serkan Fidan about the reasons, consequences of this picture and what it points to
The musicians are speaking (I): “Thousands of people were left to their own fate”
Solidarity helps to survive this difficult period of pandemics when the authorities do not produce radical solutions, musicians cannot come together and efforts of professional organizations were appeared to be insufficient. Musician Mavi along with her colleagues can’t stand this course and tries to bring musicians who are having a hard time and establish a network of solidarity. Ahmet Mustafa Sözmen is a musician who plays in rock bands in Mersin and draws attention to the problems in the music scene. We start our series by building a bridge from Bodrum to Mersin…
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”
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
Censor on festival posters at university
The “not allegiance but obstinance” statement on the KeçiFest posters got censored at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Kadıköy District Governorship banned the 30th year anniversary concert of MKM
The concert to be held at Bostancı Show Center on 16 October 2021 for the 30th anniversary of the foundation of Mesopotamia Culture Center, was banned by Kadıköy District Governorship
9 -years prison sentence to musician Dilan Demir
Musician Dilan Demir was sentenced to prison for 9-years in the case for which she was on trial for being a “terrorist organization member” and a decision of arrest was given
The Constitutional Court deemed the sentence imposed for a Kurdish song as lawful
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