Art, censorship and resistance in Erdoğan's Turkey

Since he became Prime Minister of Turkey in 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's rule has become increasingly authoritarian, with his treatment of journalists, writers and artists causing international concern. Juliet talks to art critic Fisun Güner (https://fisunguner.com) and Tuna Erdem of the Istanbul Queer Art Collective (https://www.istanbulqueerartcollective.co.uk) about how the situation has worsened since the Occupy Gezi protests in 2013 and the failed military coup of 2016, why Erdoğan's government has targeted the art world, and how artists might fight back. SELECTED REFERENCES Ahmet Altan: https://pen.org/advocacy-case/ahmet-mehmet-altan Halil Altindere: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/halil-altindere-wonderland-2013/ Yüksel Arslan: http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/yuksel-arslan-1007.htm Nicolas Bourriaud: http://www.artnews.com/2018/05/09/nicolas-bourriaud-curate-2019-istanbul-biennial/ Nuri Bilge Ceylan: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149196 Diren Coşkun: https://lgbtinewsturkey.com/2018/02/08/lgbti-activist-kivilcim-arat-joins-diren-coskuns-death-fast Nilüfer Demir: http://100photos.time.com/photos/nilufer-demir-alan-kurdi SELAHATTIN DEMIRTAŞ, Dawn (2017): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/23/writing-opposition-turkey-grim-tradition-publishing Zehra Doğan: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/1319540-1319540 Latifa Echakhch: https://frieze.com/article/latifa-echakhch Bülent Ersoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bülent_Ersoy Esmeray: https://pen-international.org/news/interview-esmeray-juliet-jacques Ara Güler: http://www.araguler.com.tr/aboutaraguler.html Asena Günal: https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/10/turkey-art-troubled-times/ Erdum Gündüz - 'Standing Man': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-22962526/turkey-s-standing-man-silent-protest-spreads Nâzım Hikmet: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/nazim-hikmet House of Wisdom (exhibition): https://collectivecukurcuma.com/2018/07/27/house-of-wisdom-i-nottingham/ Osman Kavala: http://www.depoistanbul.net/en/announcement-free-osman-kavala/ Pinar Marul: http://tzvetnik.online/portfolio_page/pinar-marul-at-oj Çiğdem Mater: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Çiğdem_Mater HENRY MILLER, Tropic of Capricorn (1934) North (dir. Çayan Demirel, 2015): https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/apr/20/turkey-censorship-north-documentary-istanbul-film-festival-kurdistan-workers-party Orhan Pamuk: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/23/books.turkey Renzo Piano: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/istanbul-modern-renzo-piano-1233959 ELIF ŞAFAK, The Bastard of Istanbul (2007): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/29/fiction.features1 belit sağ: https://frieze.com/article/turkish-video-artist-and-activist-asks-how-do-you-make-story-disappear Tahribad-i İsayan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx36mnZvEO0 AHMET HAMDI TANPINAR, The Time Regulation Institute (1962): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/28/ahmet-hamdi-tanpinar-the-time-regulation-institute-turkey-western-time Ali Taptık: http://www.alitaptik.com Ahmet Telli: https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/12/21/intellectuals-launch-petition-to-support-poet-harassed-at-university-event/ Ece Temelkuran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ece_Temelkuran Yoğunluk (Istanbul art collective): http://www.yogunluk.org/en/team.html