by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Architects and engineers who were removed from their jobs at public institutions with post-coup emergency decrees, has been banned from serving as building inspector until the year 3025, media reported. A recent notice, allegedly sent by the Environment and Urban...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A tea house in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum was banned due to Kurdish-language songs played in the café, according to media. Mezopotamya news agency reported Tuesday that a tea house in Erzurum’s Karaçoban district was raided by police and military officers...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) has removed from its Islamic Encyclopedia content by some scholars are affiliated with the Gulen movement, according to theology professor Ayhan Tekines. In a series of tweets, Tekines said Friday that Diyanet censored...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 22, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Governor’s office banned a theater performance about a fictional dictator by outspoken actor Baris Atay, latest of such attempts against the critical monologue. “Just a Dictator” is a monologue performed by Atay about the head of an unspecified...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A theater play, titled “Just Dictator,” by Turkish actor Baris Atay was denied permission to use a theater hall in the city center due to its content. Planned to be staged at the Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Cultural Center on Jan 12, the play was deemed inappropriate by the...
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