My Life Has Become More Absurd Than My Play: Mi Minor and the Crackdown on Artistic Freedom in Turkey

Abstract

Mi Minor, written by Turkish author Meltem Arkan and directed by Turkish actor and director Memet Ali Alabora, deals with rising authoritarianism in the age of social media. The play envisaged both the fate of its artists, who were persecuted for ostensibly rehearsing the Gezi uprising through the play, and also the future of Turkey's performing arts scene, currently struggling under an authoritarian regime.