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Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Language [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Public Art [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: Six anonymous Turkish teachers


Confronting Bodies: Turkish police


Dates 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 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]