Musician Ferhat Tunç has been sentenced in Turkey to one year, 11 months and 12 days in prison for “making propaganda of a terrorist organization”.

Ferhat Tunç is being prosecuted for his peaceful expression … again. Your actions are important and can make a difference in Ferhat’s life and the lives of others like him in Turkey. Stand in solidarity with these artists and demand that Turkey drop all the charges against Ferhat Tunç. Ferhat is now having to defend himself in an appeal of the recent ruling and two other pending cases against him. Together, the charges of all three amount to more than 13 years imprisonment.

Turkish singer Mabel Matiz is being investigated over ties to an alleged terrorist organisation for using US dollar bills in a music video clip.

Turkish filmmaker Ali Avci was jailed for six years and three months over his feature film portraying President Erdogan at gunpoint.

As US-Turkey relations deteriorate, the Turkish state-run broadcaster TRT has stopped showing classic cowboy films on Sunday mornings.

Freemuse renews its call for Turkish authorities to release imprisoned artist Zehra Doğan, who was jailed over a painting.

On 11 July 2018 the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Office’s indictment accusing Turkish rapper Ezhel of “encouraging drug use” was accepted.

Turkish singer Zuhal Olcay received a suspended jail sentence of 11 months and 20 days for “insulting” President Erdoğan during a performance.

Turkish cartoonist Nuri Kurtcebe was granted conditional release in lieu of his 14-month imprisonment for insulting President Erdoğan in his drawings.

A Hamburg court, on 15 May 2018, ruled to dismiss Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's appeal to ban German comedian Jan Böhmermann's poem.