 Beyoğlu Kumpanya is claimed to insult the prime minister. |
Turkish Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed suit against 16 people from the Beyoğlu Kumpanya art group on allegations that the group insulted him during a play last year.
“Erdoğan, who said during the rectors meeting at Dolmabahçe Palace that he would never file suit against students, has filed a suit against our group, which is entirely made up of students,” according to a recent statement from Kumpanya.
The group is accused of using the phrase “İşportacı Tayyip,” or “street vendor Tayyip,” during a song in the play “Ülkemizden” (From Our Country) during the Erguvan Festival, which was organized by Istanbul’s Çatalca Municipality on July 11 and 12 last year. The first hearing will be held Jan. 21.
The play focused on workers’ deaths in the Tuzla shipyards, people who who cannot pay their hospital bills, women’s problems and TV series that feature violence and ultranationalism like “Kurtlar Vadisi” (Valley of the Wolves).
Beyoğlu Kumpanya was formed in 2007 by students from various amateur theater and music groups at universities. The company has said its goal is to reflect “theatrical approaches to current political issues through a leftist perspective.”
Beyoğlu Kumpanya, which has presented 11 street plays nearly 200 times, recently produced the musical “Ülkemizden,” which has been performed at university festivals and municipal events.
“Erdoğan, who said during the rectors meeting at Dolmabahçe Palace that he would never file suit against students, has filed a suit against our group, which is entirely made up of students,” according to a recent statement from Kumpanya.
The group is accused of using the phrase “İşportacı Tayyip,” or “street vendor Tayyip,” during a song in the play “Ülkemizden” (From Our Country) during the Erguvan Festival, which was organized by Istanbul’s Çatalca Municipality on July 11 and 12 last year. The first hearing will be held Jan. 21.
The play focused on workers’ deaths in the Tuzla shipyards, people who who cannot pay their hospital bills, women’s problems and TV series that feature violence and ultranationalism like “Kurtlar Vadisi” (Valley of the Wolves).
Beyoğlu Kumpanya was formed in 2007 by students from various amateur theater and music groups at universities. The company has said its goal is to reflect “theatrical approaches to current political issues through a leftist perspective.”
Beyoğlu Kumpanya, which has presented 11 street plays nearly 200 times, recently produced the musical “Ülkemizden,” which has been performed at university festivals and municipal events.
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