AKP-Dominated Istanbul Municipality Bans Swimsuit Ads

"When Istanbul swimwear manufacturers Kom, Nelson, Ay-Yildiz, and Zeki Triko attempted to rent billboards and other outdoor advertising space to promote their 2007 designs, they were told that the Istanbul municipality would not issue permits for their posters, as it deems them "against morality."

"The companies then applied to the municipality’s City Planning Directorate to obtain permits to display their ads on building facades, but permission was denied on grounds that the posters were "immorally provocative" – even those showing the most modest swimsuits.

The directorate also banned the fashion houses from displaying the posters even in their own manufacturing plants."
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