Category: Censorship
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Turkey blocks access to Deutsche Welle and Voice of America | AP News
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s media watchdog has banned access to the Turkish services of U.S. public service broadcaster Voice of America and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, prompting criticism of censorship. The Supreme Board of Radio and Television enforced a February decision requiring international media that air television content in Turkish online to apply for a…
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Painting of Turkey’s President Erdogan with a banana up his buttocks sparks anger at German art fair – South China Morning Post
A German artist complained Friday after a gallery took down his depiction of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a banana in his buttocks. Thomas Baumgaertel’s provocative painting, Turkish dictator, sparked noisy complaints and protests at an art fair in Karlsruhe, 38 miles (60km) northwest of Stuttgart. Amid the row, the fair’s organisers tweeted that it…