Pride

Cases 8 June 2023

BEKSAV’s Pride movie screening banned by district-governor

Kadıköy District Governorate banned the Science Aesthetics Culture Art Research Foundation (BEKSAV) Cinema Collective’s Pride movie screening which was planned as part of Pride Month. District Governorate banned the screening on grounds of “public morality”, “maintaining public order” and “prevention of crime”. Audience members who came to watch the movie were detained

Cases 16 June 2021

“Pride” exhibition in Bosphorus University canceled by trustee rector

Boğaziçi University Photography Club received approval from the Inter-Clubs Committee to exhibit the “pride” exhibition of Ateş Alpar’s photographs on June 11, but the exhibition was blocked by the rector Melih Bulu. The Bosphorus Resistance account and the artist of the exhibition Ateş Alpar gave information on the subject from his social media accounts