Many concerts, theater plays, and other events in Kurdish have been banned in the last three years. Artists and musicians have difficulties finding places to organize events.
“Poets are those who prove the truth, and we continue on this path,” Doğan has said.
Once again horrific scenes of police violence on Boğaziçi campus. This time, against students who attended a pride march. https://t.co/pbzm88y5w3
— D. Derya Ozdemir Kaya (@DidemDeryaOzde1) May 20, 2022
Eight human rights activists have been given long prison sentences for anti-government protests in Turkey. Sami Kent reports
A prominent philanthropist and seven other human rights activists have been found guilty in a Turkish court of charges related to the Gezi Park protests in 2013 and the failed coup attempt in 2016.
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