For the first time, a short cultural policy profile for Türkiye is now available on the Compendium website. A special thanks goes out to our Turkish expert Asu Aksoy for compiling the profile.
Below, you can see a few highlights of the cultural policy developments in Türkiye:
- Financial measures during COVID 19 were ineffective in supporting small-scale, independent theatre companies and independent cinemas. Funding since then have not improved and high inflation rates, reaching almost 60 percent in January 2023, have worsened the precarious situation.
- Public sector support for the arts is directed increasingly towards the invention and elaboration of conservative art – art forms that support the promulgation of Islamic and Ottoman cultural heritage.
- In 2022, the Ministry of Culture’s budget was set at 7 billion TL, though by the end of the year, expenditure rose to 11 billion TL. In 2023, the budget is set at 11.4 billion TL.
- 12 new cultural centres have been completed over the last 5 years and 7 more are in progress.
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