The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has pulled its funding from an Ankara feminist film festival after 20 years of support, Çiçek Tahaoğlu wrote for independent news portal Bianet. The ministry’s cinematic commission said it found supporting the Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival “inappropriate” in a statement.
Flying Broom responded by saying the shows would go on. “Despite all obstacles, all pressure and constraints, will continue not for 21 years, or 51 years, but 61 years,” the organising committee said. “We are awaiting the reasoning of the ministry.”
The 21st Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival was carried out from May 10–17 and featured 62 film showings and 17 special events. Among the guests at the festival was New Zealand’s first woman prime minister, Helen Clark. The festival aims to make women’s contributions to cinema visible and to support the work of young talents in cinema.
Meanwhile, the authors of a children’s book which explains the process of evolution say their work is being censored by Turkey’s largest book store chain D&R after the company was sold to the Demirören Group, known for it’s close relations to Turkey’s leading Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), leftist online news outlet SoL reported.
Seçkin Eroğlu and Deniz Hasret state that their book ‘Bilbi ile Evrimi Öğreniyorum’ (I’m learning about evolution with Bilbi) is reported as being ‘’out of stock’’ by D&R, despite confirmation from suppliers that the book remains available.
Author Eroğlu noted that a customer service representative with D&R explained that the ‘top-level’ management decides on which books are to be sold. “We believe that our book, which is sold online with no problems, has been removed from D&R shelves because of the company’s new owners,” Eroğlu said.
In March, Turkey’s Doğan Media Group, the country’s largest media organisation, was sold to the pro-government Demirören Group. Currently, 90 percent of Turkish media is under government supervision. (SCF with Ahval)
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