Talking about the ongoing pressures on Kurdish cultural and artistic works, Talat Yeşil, one of the MKM artists, said: “A society exists, moves forward and develops with art. Even if we enter the dungeon, this struggle will continue."
While historical buildings are introduced in Turkish and English in Cizîr, Kurdish is not included. Birca Belek Language and Culture Association Co-Chair Fatma Gizçiler drew attention to the multi-faceted assimilation policies in the city and said: "We should not allow assimilation."
At least 70 people, including the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Davut Tezcan, were detained in the police attack on the shopkeepers who wanted to be displaced on the grounds of the Presidency's "risky area" decision in Bitlis.
AKP's President Tayyip Erdogan once again ordered the judiciary not to release HDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş.
Figen Yüksekdağ has written a book called 'The walls will be pulled down'. The book will be on shelves on September 1.
Suruç Families Initiative filed a criminal complaint against Ahmet Davutoğlu who was the prime minister at the time.
Director Kazım Öz who shared some of his films on his digital media platform for cinema lovers, granted access to the film 'Zer' this time.
“Devran”, the short story book of imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has been staged by Jülide Kural and Ömer Şahin in İstanbul. While the audience have watched the play in applause, they have called for “freedom to Demirtaş”.
The festival promoted to commemorate Imam Abdullah was held in Hasankeyf for the first time after 3 years of silence. The festival issued a call to safe the historical site.
Zine and Sinan Tutal whose son Abdulkadir and 2 other relatives are on hunger strike, said, "we are wasting away witht hem" and demanded the government take action regarding the hunger strikes.
The Law Amending the Law on Evaluation and Classification of Cinema Films prepared by the Government has been legalized through the parliament. According to the new regulation which has been criticized as 'the regulation of cencor' a committee of 8 will evaluate and classify the cinema films before presentation.
Amed City Theater have taken to the stage 'Tartuffe' written by French writer Moliere in Ankara. Thater players have saluted Leyla Güven who is currently in a hunger strike after the play.
George Orwell's cult piece '1984' is being brought to stage by Rutkay Aziz and Taner Barlas.'1984', being one of the most important dystopian novels in the history of literature, is being brought to the stage with the name of “1984 (Great Detention).The play that will bring Orwell's dystopia and the hope that comes with it tu the stage. 1984 will reflect the great detention of the society.
Kobané International Film Festival that was held for the first time this year ended with the presentation of the rewards. Some of the juries were not able to attend and decide watching the movies on the internet due to not being allowed passage by the Federal Kurdistan Region Government.
Ferhat Bağlu, son of the murdered newspaper distributer Kadri Bağdu said about the confession of murder of İSİS member Servet Koç have made about his father's killing : " The man says i did it and they are not getting caught.