Cartoonist Öznur Kalender is being judged for this cartoon Turkish authorities are responsible for 90% of cases of violations of freedom of expression in art The report freemuse report on the State of Artistic Freedom 2021 in Turkey highlights that the actions of the authorities are a major obstacle to the exercise of
A Turkish prosecutor on Friday called for four members of Charlie Hebdo magazine to be sentenced to up to four years in prison. The reason is a cartoon depicting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that once triggered a diplomatic conflict. The cartoon in question was published in October 2020 on the cover of the
Erdogan, in the shadow of his caricature "Charlie Hebdo: You are bastards. You are sons of bitches. This is how he addressed Serdar ÇamTurkey's deputy minister of culture and tourism, to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at Twitter, The story is just another chapter in the perennial case known as the "Mohammed
Cartoonist Musa Kart (centre) with his colleagues after the release. Photo Cumhuriyet The 16th criminal chamber of the Supreme Court decided to suspend the execution of the sentences of the five journalists of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. Their release is ordered. The acquittal comes after a long pilgrimage of appeals and in and
Cartoon from 19 October 2016, one of the images included in the indictment against its author, Ibhim Özdabak. This time it was the turn of cartoonist Ibrahim Özdabak (1957) and Kazim Güleçyüz (1959), journalistand editor-in-chief of the daily Yeni Asya , who werecharged by a prosecutor with spreading terrorist propaganda. The list of
