December 23, 2020
ANKARA
Turkey’s parliament approved a motion early Thursday announcing 2021 as the year of the Turkish national anthem.
Mustafa Sentop, the speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, was the first to sign the motion, followed by the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Good (IYI) Party.
In 2021, all public institutions will hold events explaining the meaning of the Istiklal Marsi, or Independence March, and the importance of the War of Independence, as well as commemorating the national anthem’s writer, Mehmet Akif Ersoy.
Court gave insufficient time for statements of defense - Hikmet Adal
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2 days for statements of defense in a 4-year trial - Hikmet Adal
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The Nuovo Cinema Europa Festival gears up to unspool online from 12-18 December
The Monument by Andrej Kolenčík
A week full of films, debates and events - namely seven feature films in competition, seven debates and ten international guests streaming live - are all on the agenda of Genoa’s 11th Nuovo Cinema Europa Festival, the international film gathering devoted to European first works and newcomer directors, which will this year unfold entirely online, between 12 and 18 December, as a result of COVID-19. Individual screenings will be held at predetermined times (5pm and 9pm), followed by live debates, in a festival which can be accessed free of charge, from anywhere in Italy, via the MYMovies website.