The Turkey-based Doğan Kitap Publishing House has released a statement for the press in response to the allegations that Elif Şafak plagiarized another book in writing her latest novel “10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World”.

Writer and drawer Ahmet Bilge, who has been behind bars for 26 years, has shared 10 of his drawings with bianet.

Answering the Parliamentary question of CHP MP Gürer, Minister of Culture and Tourism Aksoy has indicated that 4 thousand 398 historical artifacts smuggled from Turkey have been returned in the last 15 years.

Starting on October 1, the Slemani Film Festival will show 120 films from 57 countries. Adopting the “Earth Cancer” as its theme to raise environmental and ecological awareness, the festival will predominantly feature films of Kurdish directors from Turkey.

Two human skeletons dating back to approximately 3,000 B.C. have been unearthed during the excavations in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir.

Publishers demanded a record 55,121,271 banderols in July with a 62 percent increase from the previous month.

Opening for visitors after three-year restoration work, the Sümela Monastery was visited by 50 thousand tourists in June. Officials say their target is 500 thousand for this year.

After it has been revealed that the word “Kurdistan” was censored in the Turkish translation of Paulo Coelho’s book Eleven Minutes, the Can Publishing House has announced that the book will be pulled off the shelves.

Kawa Nemir has translated Tosca opera by Giacomo Puccini into Kurdish and director Celil Toksöz has adapted it for the stage. The premiere of the theater play will be held in Amsterdam City Theater on October 25, 2019.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Aksoy has stated, “The sensitivity of our nation is our sensitivity” and announced that the concert program featuring singer Sıla Gençoğlu will be revised.

Known for the songs that she sings in Zazaki, musician Nadia Visser from the Netherlands says that she is recording an album in Kurdish. Her new album is expected to come out in early 2020. Visser has answered the questions of bianet.

As the Ilısu Dam reservoir is about to be filled and engulf the ancient city of Hasankeyf, Ercan Ayboğa from the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive has spoken to bianet and suggested holding a referendum: “It is not a dream to save Hasankeyf.”