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Deniz Göktaş was born in Ankara in 1994. A graduate of the Department of Psychology at Middle East Technical University, Göktaş began her career within the TuzBiber community and is known for her black humor and politically charged performances. In 2026 she was arrested following an investigation initiated after one of her shows. Education Göktaş initially enrolled in civil engineering but later left the program to transfer to the Department of Psychology at Middle East Technical University. She

The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик; English: The Nutcracker) is a two-act classical ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is based on Alexandre Dumas’s adaptation of the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by German author E. T. A. Hoffmann. It was first performed in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Over time, re-staged with various choreographic interpretations, The Nutcracker has become one of the most recognized works in the cl

Petruška, is a symbolic character of Russian glove puppet theater, characterized by prominent physical features such as a pumpkin-shaped head, a pointed hat with tassels, large ears, and a prominent nose. Similar puppets appear in other cultures: Pulcinella in Italy, Punch in France and England, Kasper in Germany, Guignol or Keçel Pehlivan in Central Asia, and İbiş in Türkiye, and they continue to live on in puppet theaters today. Historical Origins and Development The origins of the Russian glo