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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2000|2000]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]==== | |||
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'''Artists:''' Six anonymous Turkish teachers | |||
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Turkish police | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Turkish police | ||
'''Date of Action:''' October 2000 | |||
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'''Location:''' Diyarbakir, Turkey | '''Location:''' Diyarbakir, Turkey | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Invitations to a World Teachers Day celebration written in Turkish and Kurdish. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Invitations to a World Teachers Day celebration written in Turkish and Kurdish. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' Six Turkish teachers sent out invitations for a World Teachers Day celebration. Turkish police arrested the teachers. <P> | '''The Incident:''' Six Turkish teachers sent out invitations for a World Teachers Day celebration. Turkish police arrested the teachers. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The police claimed that "publishing and distributing invitations in Kurdish" is a crime under law." The teachers were arrested. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The police claimed that "publishing and distributing invitations in Kurdish" is a crime under law." The teachers were arrested. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 6/2000 | '''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 6/2000 | ||
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[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
[[Category:Public Art]] | [[Category:Public Art]] | ||
[[Category:Six anonymous Turkish teachers]] | [[Category:Six anonymous Turkish teachers]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 19 January 2012
Date: 2000
Region: Middle East
Subject: Language
Medium: Public Art
Artists: Six anonymous Turkish teachers
Confronting Bodies: Turkish police
Date of Action: October 2000
Location: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Description of Artwork: Invitations to a World Teachers Day celebration written in Turkish and Kurdish.
The Incident: Six Turkish teachers sent out invitations for a World Teachers Day celebration. Turkish police arrested the teachers.
Results of Incident: The police claimed that "publishing and distributing invitations in Kurdish" is a crime under law." The teachers were arrested.
Source: Index on Censorship, 6/2000
