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The governor's ban forced the event organizers to cancel the festival, adding to the growing list of concert and festival cancellations over the past couple of years.

The authorities have banned several music festivals since May, sometimes after pressure from religious groups.

While an environmental group supported the decision not to allow a festival in a protected area, it questioned the governor's sincerity, pointing to a hotel and a highway project in other protected areas in the city.

Three music festivals have been banned in the country since May. The opposition-led Fethiye Municipality said it will take legal action against the ban.

One of the longest running rock festivals in Türkiye was canceled after pressure from a pro-government foundation, which had claimed the event would encourage "drug use and prostitution."

The Zeytinli Rock Festival has become the latest example of the increasing bans on concerts and festivals over the past couple of years. Days before the ban, a pro-government NGO had called for the cancellation of the festival.

32nd International Spring Festival of the Middle East Technical University will be held this year on a single day due to a ban imposed by the Ankara Governorship.