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Despite the bans against her concerts, Kurdish-Alevi singer Aynur Doğan continues performing across Turkey.

Öznur’s song “Hevalê Reş” for George Floyd, a Black man killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck in the US, has been translated into Turkish, English and German.

Held in Elazığ Women’s Prison, nine women prisoners, including Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Leyla Güven, will be deprived of their right to communication and visitation as part of the investigation for singing Kurdish songs.

Eight Kurdish songs from Radio Yerevan, which has an archive of hundreds of Kurdish songs, have been interpreted anew in classical music and shared on digital platforms as part of a project entitled “Dîsa” (Anew).

Kurdish artist Rojda received a one year and eight month prison sentence under charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization". The verdict is based on the song "Heval Kamurano" Rojda performed on a festival in Diyarbakır last year.