The cancellation comes amid growing class tensions over rising living costs, mounting government attacks on democratic rights, and NATO's escalating war on Russia in Ukraine.
Turkey’s oldest film festival has been canceled amid controversy surrounding a politically sensitive documentary about the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt.
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03/10/2023 - The selection of Nejla Demirci’s doc The Decree, which depicts the plight of the victims of a major government purge following the 2016 failed coup, is at the centre of the controversy