“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.
A good deal of books that were written by prisoners are able to be published but those books arent being delivered to their writers because the prison administration stamps them as "undesirable".
Ankara Accessible Film Festival which was put into practice to procure equal access to cultural life will be starting for the 6th time .
Amed City Theater have staged its first play in the season with the French writer Jean Baptise Poquell’s - who’ve been translated in Kurdish- play, Tartuffe.