The screening of the LGBTI+ themed film “Four Mothers,” which was part of the program for the 4th European Cinema Days organized with the contribution of the EU Delegation to Turkey, the embassies of EU member states as well ascultural institutes and EU Information Centers across Turkey, was cancelled first in Trabzon and then in Samsun.
Screening of the film “Four Mothers” by Darren Thornton, one of 16 films featured in the event held across Trabzon, İzmir, Samsun, Diyarbakır and Antalya, was due to take place on 4 October at the Trabzon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. However, following a press statement by Ahmet Muratoğlu, the Trabzon Provincial Chairman of the Felicity Party, in which he targeted the film, the screening was censored due to “sensitivities arising in public opinion.” Subsequently, at a press conference for the Samsun leg of the festival, which took place between 21 and 25 October, the screening of “Four Mothers” was prevented by excluding the film from the program.
