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Art as resistance: exiled Kurdish artist’s daring Istanbul show
Zehra Doğan spent nearly three years in Turkish jails and smuggled out her works as dirty laundryAn exiled artist who spent almost three years in jail in Turkey is shining a light on Kurdish feminism with a daring exhibition of works she created while behind bars.Zehra Doğan was among the thousands of people who have been caught up in arrests and detentions in Turkey since the 2016 attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government. Those detained are accused of either supporting the Gülenist movement, blamed for the failed putsch, or the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a militant group, both of which are outlawed. Continue reading...
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