In Turkey, under state of emergency and long before, the freedom of expression has always been censored. Two recent collection have been published now: Freemuse presents with “Turkey – The Freemuse Files” a selection from hundreds of documents and publications on violations on artistic freedom from almost 20 years.
Siah Bant, the platform for artistic freedom of expression in Turkey and the journalist Elif İnce published for IFEX the special report “Peace is a no-go zone for artists in Turkey’s state of emergency”, referring especially to Kurdish artists.