The Denver Post: In a recent play in Turkey, two actors wore trench coats in their roles as assassins posing as perverts planning to flash girls near a school. The scene and its themes of nudity and sexual depravity are at the center of a debate over freedom of expression in Turkish arts, where the Islamic-rooted ruling party has become increasingly critical of plays and television shows deemed to violate moral or religious values.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Arts in Turkey under pressure from conservative government
The Denver Post: In a recent play in Turkey, two actors wore trench coats in their roles as assassins posing as perverts planning to flash girls near a school. The scene and its themes of nudity and sexual depravity are at the center of a debate over freedom of expression in Turkish arts, where the Islamic-rooted ruling party has become increasingly critical of plays and television shows deemed to violate moral or religious values.
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