Editing Gavin Turk (section)

== Politics ==
In August 2014, Turk was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

In November 2018, Turk was one of 82 people arrested during a coordinated occupation of five bridges in Central London. The demonstration which was co-ordinated by [[Extinction Rebellion]], was to raise the awareness of [[climate change]]. Turk said, "It seems like everyone is in an odd sense of denial about climate change."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laville |first1=Sandra |title=Artist Gavin Turk arrested in London climate change protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/18/artist-gavin-turk-arrested-in-london-climate-change-protest |access-date=18 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=18 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>