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Critical actor’s play cancelled in Artvin

A theater play of Levent Üzümcü, a thespian who is critical of the Turkish government, was cancelled by the Artvin Governor’s Office with no...

Talk show host who mocked Erdoğan’s favorite soap opera fired

Talk show host Okan Bayülgen, who during an awards ceremony mocked a soap opera that was one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's favorites, has...

Supermoon shines over cloudy İstanbul skies

İstanbul skies have witnessed the "supermoon" as the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades will be on display in the coming days. According...

IMDb describes Erdoğan as ‘Turkish dictator politician,’ later revises

The world-famous Internet Movie Database (IMDb) website described Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan as the “Turkish dictator politician” who has been the 12th president of...

Cirque du Soleil trucks seized in Turkey amid rift over cancelled shows

An interlocutory injunction ruling by an İstanbul court seized 23 trucks, loaded with the equipments of world famous circus Cirque du Soleil and did...

Novelist Elif Shafak: Turks have never been so scared of words

“Jailing peace activists and writers is not new in our country,” wrote the linguist and author Necmiye Alpay this month, in a letter to...

ITE says Q4 bookings hurt by Turkey coup attempt

Exhibition organizer ITE Group Plc said on Monday that an attempted coup in Turkey in July had “significantly affected” international travel to the country,...

İstanbul art gallery guests attacked by locals for drinking wine at opening

Three residents of İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district attacked people who had gathered in front of an art gallery for the opening of an exhibition on...

Governor cancels int’l film festival in southeastern Turkey

The governor’s office of the southeastern province of Malatya announced the cancellation of an international film festival set to take place in early November...

World intellectuals call on Turkish gov’t to end vendetta against freedom of expression

Fifty-four prominent international writers, academics, journalists and publishers have signed a statement calling on the Turkish government to end the vendetta it is waging...

Pamuk: Turkey is rapidly becoming a state of fear

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk on Saturday condemned the detention of prominent columnist brothers Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, saying, “Turkey is rapidly becoming...

No takers for Erdoğan statue after municipality reneges on order

Nuh Açın, a sculptor in the Kartepe district of Kocaeli province, has put on display a four-meter-high statue of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

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