Kurdish artist Rojda was arrested for ‘propaganda for an illegal organisation’ because of singing a Kurdish song entitled ‘Heval Kamuran’. Rojda was released within a couple of hours after her statement had been taken, reported Antenna.tr and Supportkurds.org According to Antenna.tr, Rojda was arrested at her home in the …

  Tunceli Prosecution Office has filed a case against folk singer Pınar Sağ and poet Mehmet Özcan charging them with two years prison sentences for “praising crime”. Prosecutor Halil Gümüş’s indictment states that Pınar Sağ sang a song at an open air meeting on 29 March 2009 and addressed the …

Singer Ferhat Tunç, currently faced with several trials of freedom of speech in Turkey, was one of the artists who performed in Istanbul on 8 November 2009 in front of 200,000 people protesting for the rights of the Alevi, a religious minority in Turkey.   According to Bionet.org several speakers …

American pop stars Justin Timberlake and Ciara’s music video for the song ‘Love Sex Magic’ was banned in Turkey due to its explicit sexual content.   Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council banned all tv channels from showing the video. The video shows Ciara licking Timberlake’s ear as both hitmakers …

A statement in favour of a new plan on how the Turkish government should approach the Kurdish issue turned fans of the popular Turkish pop diva Sezen Aksu up against her. She was defended by the Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunç For decades Turkey has been torn by cultural, religious, ethnic …

A signature campaign was launched by the Turkish Artists Initiative on 29 February 2012. Renowned Turkish musicians such as Edip Akbayram support the campaign, entitled ‘We disapprove’. BİA News Center’s Nilay Vardar wrote:   Istanbul – BİA News Center 1 March 2012, Thursday The Artists Initiative expressed deep concern about …

  Singer and musician Ferhat Tunç from Dersim in the Kurdish part of Turkey speaks about his personal experiences with and understanding of music censorship in Turkey       Wimpy Wasp Player   Flash Player upgrade required   The Kurdish-Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç was born in 1964 in Turkey’s most …

Singer and musician Ferhat Tunç from Dersim in the Kurdish part of Turkey speaks about his personal experiences with and understanding of music censorship in Turkey   The Kurdish-Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç was born in 1964 in Turkey’s most eastern region, Dersim. His music has been censored in Turkey, and he …

Police brutality against the Kurdish-Turkish singer Ferhat Tunç lead to a court case — not against the police, but against the singer. By Anja Hotopp, reporting from Berlin Prison threat 4-12 years. Under this headline news agencies in Turkey report of a new scandal in the Turkish justice sector. A …

On 19 March 2009, the broadcasting editor of a local radio station Dünya in Adana, southern Turkey, was acquitted in a trial brought for the airing of the Kurdish song ‘Keçe Kurdan’, reported the hunan rights organisation Antenna and the monitoring network IPS Communication Foundation, Bianet. Mehmet Arslan, editor of …