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
It was revealed that the concert of the Bulgarian gay singer Azis, who was supposed to perform at the Balkan Festival to be held in the province of Bursa – Turkey on September 19, 2021, was cancelled after he was targeted by Yeni Akit newspaper
Naci İnci, who was assigned as the rector of Boğaziçi University by the President of Turkey and his administration announced that the classes of Seda Binbaşgil, who has been teaching jazz for 16 years in the university, were abolished just before the start of the fall semester
Adana Governor’s Office banned the concert of Kaldırım Müzik Topluluğu and Grup Munzur on the grounds that “marginal groups were sharing provocative posts on social media platforms about the concert event” and they received a tip claiming that “members of these marginal groups were coming to Adana to stir up trouble”
Investigation opened for 13 people who were dancing along to a Kurdish song at a public demonstration due to alleged organizational propaganda
Beyoğlu District Governorate banned Group Yorum’s internet concert
Rapper Ağaçkakan, who gave a concert in response to the music ban after 12 am, announced by President Erdoğan within the framework of the new normalization steps, was detained and released
Rap musician Şehinşah, who was detained on June 5 for “insulting the President”, announced that he was released a day later