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Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’

Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on its 14 TV stations for reasons that were not made clear to the public. According to the Hürriyet daily, Some of these songs...

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