ISTANBUL - Director, writers and musicians from around the world demanded that the imprisoned Kurdish musician Nudem Durak be released.

 

Kurdish musician Nudem Durak, who is in Bayburt Type M Closed Prison, was arrested in 2015 based on the expressions in the Kurdish songs she sang and sentenced to 19 years in prison in two separate files opened against her on the charge of "being a member of a terrorist organization". For Durak, who is a vocalist in the band Koma Sorxwin, directors, writers and musicians around the world called and demanded her release.

 

Names, including directors, writers and musicians, signed a text called by Aslı Erdoğan, Pınar Selek and Ece Temelkuran from Turkey, demanding the release of Nudem Durak.

 

'DURAK SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN PRISON'

 

In the call text, it was stated that Nudem Durak was not a member of any terrorist organization, and that if the prescribed sentence was executed, Nudem Durak would only be released in 2034 and that she received this sentence because of her ideas, emphasizing her musician identity. On the other hand, it was reminded that Nudem Durak was arrested based on the statements of witnesses and said: "Nudem Durak should not be held in prison until 2034."

 

SIGNATURES

 

Aslı Erdoğan, Pınar Selek and Ece Temelkuran from Turkey, the world-famous names included in the text are as follows: “Bryan Adams, musician, Canada, Tunde Adebimpe, musician, USA Joseph Andras, writer, France Ramin Bahrani, film director, Iran/USA, Saleh Bakri, actor, Palestine Jeanne Balibar, actor, FranceFrank Barat, writer, Belgium Juliette Binoche, actress, France Rachida Brakni, actress, France Breyten Breytenbach, writer, South Africa Eric Cantona, actor, France Carmen Castillo, film director, Chile Isabel Coixet, film director, Spain Molly Crabapple, artist, USA Erri De Luca, writer, Italy Sara Driver, film director, USA Brian Eno, musician, UKAslı Erdoğan, author, Turkey Annie Ernaux, author, France Peter Gabriel , musician, UK Anouk Grinberg, actor, France Robert Guédiguian, film director, France Annemarie Jacir, film director, Palestine Nicolas Jaar, musician, Chile Jim Jarmusch, film director, USA Aki Kaurismaki, film director, Finland Talib Kweli, musician, USA Paul Laverty, screenwriter, UK Ken Loach, film director, UK Miriam Margolyes, actor, UK Emel Mathlouthi, musician, Tunisia Sepideh Moafi, actor, USA Thurston Moore, musician, USA Tom Morello, musician, USA PEN Afrikaans, South Africa Charlie Reid, musician, UK Arundhati Roy, author, India Mark Ruffalo, actor, USA Pınar Selek, author, Turkey Shumona Sinha, author, India/France Ahdaf Soueif, author, Egypt Serj Tankian, musician, USA Ece Temelkuran, author, Turkey Ana Tijoux, musician, Chile Éric Vuillard, author, FranceAlice Walker, author, USA.