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Zehra Doğan paints scenes of war and Kurdish life. Accused of working with the PKK, she founded the newspaper Özgür Gündem Zindan in Turkish prison.

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Zehra Doğan is a ethnic Kurdish painter and journalist from Diyarbakır, Turkey. She is best known as the editor of Jinha, a feminist Kurdish news agency reporting news in the Kurdish language with a staff consisting entirely of women. Since February 2016 Doğan has been living and reporting in Nusaybin, a Turkish city located on the Syrian border.

In addition to being an award-winning journalist, Zehra Doğan is a popular painter. Her work ranges from colorful, flowing depictions of traditional Kurdish life to dark, striking political scenes. On July 21, 2016 she was arrested while at a café in Nusaybin.

At a court hearing, multiple witnesses testified that Doğan was a member of an illegal organization, though not one witness knew her by name. An anonymous witness claimed "There was... a short lady with a nose ring... I do not know the individual's identity; she is probably a journalist." The prosecution's lawyers used Doğan's paintings and social media posts as evidence against her. Doğan testified that all the crimes she is accused of are journalistic activities, for which she is registered with the state and a member of the Union of Journalists of Turkey.

That trial ended with no sentencing, but Zehra remained in prison until being released December 9, 2016. Her trial continued on March 2, 2017, where she was acquitted of the charge of Illegal Organization Membership, but was sentenced to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days for posting a painting to social media.

The painting is of destruction in the Kurdish town of Nusaybin, an artistic rendering of a photo taken by state officials.

"I was given two years and 10 months [jail time] only because I painted Turkish flags on destroyed buildings. However, they [Turkish government] caused this. I only painted it," Doğan said in a tweet after the sentencing.

"Art and paintings can never be used in such a way," expressed Doğan's lawyer, Asli Pasinli. "This is an attack on art and artistic expression."

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Zehra Doğan is a ethnic Kurdish painter and journalist from Diyarbakır, Turkey. She is best known as the editor of Jinha, a feminist Kurdish news agency reporting news in the Kurdish language with a staff consisting entirely of women. Since February 2016 Doğan has been living and reporting in Nusaybin, a Turkish city located on the Syrian border.

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It may look a bit confusing to those who do not know about the situation but with her name written on there, people are able to look her up and hopefully decide to help the movement to #FREEzehradoğan  - there are links provided below that lead to a more detailed explanation of Zehra's situation and also has a way you can help.

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Ballard, B. (2017, August). Zehra Doğan Turkey Status: Imprisoned. Retrieved from https://artistsatriskconnection.org/story/zehra-dogan

Retrived from http://voiceproject.org/takeaction/free-zehra-dogan/

Cascone, S. (2018, March 16). Banksy Returns to New York with a Powerful Tribute to Jailed Turkish Artist Zehra Doğan.  Retrieved from https://news.artnet.com/art-world/banksy-returns-new-york-bowery-wall-1246226

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The way Banksy has portrayed Zehra's prison sentence is absolutely brilliant. The mural is on a blank white wall and features a series of tally marks for each day of Doğan’s imprisonment, which began in March 2017. The piece, done in collaboration with the street artist Borf, also includes a portrait of Doğan, shown trapped behind bars, one of which is actually a pencil, which shows her status as a journalist and artist.

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“I was given two years and 10 months [jail time] only because I painted Turkish flags on destroyed buildings. However, they [Turkish government] caused this. I only painted it,” Doğan stated in a tweet after her sentencing.

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This is the artwork posted by Zehra on June 9th 2016.

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Comparison of the photo taken vs. Zehra's painting

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Each night, above the 70-foot-long mural, Banksy has been projecting an image of Doğan’s original piece, which shows the Turkish flag flying above the destroyed buildings, with the statement underneath "Sentenced to 2 years nine months and 22 days in jail for painting this picture." As quoted by Banksy to the New York Times; “I really feel for her. I’ve painted things much more worthy of a custodial sentence."

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Banksy created a very recent protest piece titled "Free Zehra Doğan " in regards to the arrest of the Turkish artist and journalist, Zehra Doğan , in an attempt to bring about awareness to her unjust imprisonment.
Zehra had been living in the Kurdish town of Nusaybin, located on the Syrian border.
She was arrested after posting to her instagram account a watercolor painting showing her interpretation of the rubble of Nusaybin; inspiration of her painting found from a photo posted from a pro-Turkish military twitter account .
When the painting was discovered by Turkish authorities, the Turkish judiciary viewed this painting as an act of terrorist propaganda.
Zehra was arrested in a cafe in Nusaybi on July 21st 2016 and sentenced on March 24, 2017 to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days in prison.

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Banksy has a vast variety of well know art pieces, including 'West Barrier Wall', 'One Nation Under CCTV', 'Spy Booth', and many more.
Check them out in the link below to learn more about them.

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Suspected image of Banksy

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Banksy is a well known anonymous graffiti artist, political activist and film director.
His art is mainly graffiti stencils, typically very satirical, layered with dark humour and depicts various protests against a variety of social and political controversies.