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'''Artist:''' Atom Egoyan (b. 1960)


'''Artist:''' Atom Egoyan
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Italian Government; Turkish National Action Party, and other Turkish nationalists.


'''Dates of Action:''' 2003, 2004


'''Location:''' Italy; Istanbul, Turkey


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Turkish National Action Party, and other Turkish nationalists.
'''Description of Artwork:''' The film, ''Ararat'', depicts a massacre that took place in 1915, when Turkish nationalists violently drove Armenians from the Anatolia region of Turkey.  The events of these massacres have been a taboo subject in Turkish discourse. <P>


'''The Incident:''' ''Ararat'''s scheduled 2003 release in Italy was delayed, according to Government authorities, for incomplete paperwork filing to the censorship board.  It's scheduled premier in Turkish theaters was indefinitely postponed as it is feared that the dramatic telling of these events will provoke hostility among Turkish nationalists who do not want to acknowledge Turkish crimes against humanity.  The National Action Party has declared that they would take violent action against any theater that shows the film.  <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' The film's Turkish distributor has postponed the screening of the film in response to the threat of violence.  Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism has exalted the government's approval of the film as a great step toward democracy and free speech in the country, but fears it will precipitate nationalist hostility. <P>


'''Dates of Action:''' January 2004
'''Source:''' The New York Times; http://www.anca.org/ancadesk.php?adid=189


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'''Location:''' Istanbul, Turkey
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'''Description of Artwork:''' The film, "Ararat," depicts a massacre that took place in 1915, when Turkish nationalists violently drove Armenians from the Anatolia region of Turkey.  The events of these massacres have been a taboo subject in Turkish discourse. <P>
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'''The Incident:''' "Ararat" is scheduled to premier in Turkish theaters, however, it is feared that the dramatic telling of these events will provoke hostility among Turkish nationalists who do not want to acknowledge Turkish crimes against humanity.  The National Action Party has declared that they would take violent action against any theater that shows the film.  <P>
 
 
 
'''Results of Incident:''' The film's distributor has postponed the screening of the film in response to the threat of violence.  Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism has exalted the government's approval of the film as a great step toward democracy and free speech in the country, but fears it will precipitate nationalist hostility. <P>
 
 
 
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Revision as of 21:01, 19 January 2012

Date: 2003 2004

Region: Europe Middle East

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Film Video

Ararat2.jpg

Artist: Atom Egoyan (b. 1960)

Confronting Bodies: Italian Government; Turkish National Action Party, and other Turkish nationalists.

Dates of Action: 2003, 2004

Location: Italy; Istanbul, Turkey

Description of Artwork: The film, Ararat, depicts a massacre that took place in 1915, when Turkish nationalists violently drove Armenians from the Anatolia region of Turkey. The events of these massacres have been a taboo subject in Turkish discourse.

'The Incident: Ararats scheduled 2003 release in Italy was delayed, according to Government authorities, for incomplete paperwork filing to the censorship board. It's scheduled premier in Turkish theaters was indefinitely postponed as it is feared that the dramatic telling of these events will provoke hostility among Turkish nationalists who do not want to acknowledge Turkish crimes against humanity. The National Action Party has declared that they would take violent action against any theater that shows the film.

Results of Incident: The film's Turkish distributor has postponed the screening of the film in response to the threat of violence. Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism has exalted the government's approval of the film as a great step toward democracy and free speech in the country, but fears it will precipitate nationalist hostility.

Source: The New York Times; http://www.anca.org/ancadesk.php?adid=189

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