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Art behind Bars

2. Juli 2022

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The Turkish cultural scene and justice. In the so-called Gezi trial, Osman Kavala was sentenced to life imprisonment and with him seven other artists were sentenced to 18 years in prison. “Tracks” meets musicians like Fungistanbul and 2/5 BZ as well as the artist Zehra Doğan. arte, Tracks, July 2022

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Churches for Sale in Turkey

6. Februar 2022

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The sale of Christian cultural properties must be prevented, the Armenian-Turkish MP Garo Paylan called on the Turkish culture minister just a few weeks ago. ORF – Orientierung 6.2.2022

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Ramadan in Europe

12. Mai 2021

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Ramadan in Europa – fast, pray, keep your distance. ARTE RE reportage from Istanbul, Paris and Karlsruhe during the Ramadan 2021 in times of COVID-19 by Thomas Büsch, Lorenz Findeisen, Sabine Küper-Büsch and Juliane Tutein. Watch it at ARTE, May 13th (French and German)

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Femicides in Turkey

10. November 2020

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The number of feminicides is skyrocketing in Turkey. Alert women's rights activists: three women are murdered every day. 90 percent from their husbands.

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Istanbul – Atatürk’s legacy

9. November 2020

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Istanbul’s landmark, the world-famous Hagia Sophia, has been a mosque again this summer. For years the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been gradually correcting the secular reforms of the state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Erdogan’s ideologically motivated reshaping of Istanbul calls critics on the scene. ORF – Kulturmontag, 9.11.2020

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A museum for the Musa Dağh

29. September 2020

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In Vakıflı, the last Armenian village in Turkey, there has been a special museum since early summer. It is carefully attempted to establish a culture of remembrance. At the same time, the people try to maintain their Armenian traditions and document them in the museum.

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The Last Days of Hasankeyf

18. Mai 2020

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Hasankeyf, located in the Turkish border area with Iran, Iraq and Syria, is at least 12,000 years old and thus one of the oldest settlements of mankind. Turkey is building a gigantic dam here, the place will sink into the associated reservoir. And below the reservoir, the wetlands of the Tigris will dry up.

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Religion in the Buffer Zone

2. März 2020

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The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974. Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud is the initiator of an interfaith dialogue that aims to overhaul the almost fifty-year political division of the Mediterranean island on a religious level.