Helin Bölek

Singer Bölek was a member of the activist collective and band Grup Yorum. Since the band’s inception, its politically critical songs have angered the Turkish government, and its members have consistently faced serious threats, harassment, repeated arrests, concert bans, and censorship. After her release from prison and 288 days into her hunger strike protesting government repression, censorship, and the ban on the band’s performances, Bölek tragically died on April 3, 2020.