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Çiğdem Mater is a Turkish film producer and journalist. She was one of 13 civil society figures arrested in November 2018 by the Turkish government in connection to the crackdown against people and organisations connected to philanthropist Osman Kavala and the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
Çiğdem Mater Utku, Türk film yapımcısı ve gazeteci. Yönetmenliğini Ahu Öztürk'ün gerçekleştirdiği 2015 çıkışlı Toz Bezi filminin yapımcısı olarak tanınmaktadır.
Apr 27, 2022 · Turkish producer Cigdem Mater has been sentenced by an Istanbul court to 18 years on trumped-up charges in a Gezi Park protests trial.
- Nick Vivarelli
Apr 28, 2022 · On Monday, 25 April 2022, Çiğdem Mater was sentenced to 18 years in prison, together with six co-defendants, in what Amnesty International describes as “a travesty of justice of spectacular proportions”.
Çiğdem Mater has been active in the fields of media and cinema since 1997. She has worked on film projects about human rights. She has worked as the executive producer on international projects including Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow and Ben Attia’s Weldi. She was the coordinator of Anadolu Kültür’s Caucasus programs between the years 2005-2009.
On April 25, while Italy celebrated the anniversary of its Liberation, Turkish producer Çiğdem Mater was sentenced to 18 years in prison. What is she accused of? Of attempting to raise funds for the financing of a documentary about the Gezi Park protests (to be clear, that film was never made).
Jul 1, 2022 · On 25 April, 2022 Çiğdem Mater and her co-defendants in the room were sentenced to 18 years in prison and were immediately arrested. Defendant Osman Kavala, who was already in pre-trial detention was sentenced to life in prison with no parole.
