by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Education Ministry has removed the name of world-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say from the draft curriculum of the music lesson in middle school, according to Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Zeynep Altıok. Altıok has submitted a parliamentary question...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 14, 2016 | Hate Crime
A man in Turkey’s Western province of İzmir showed up with a machete in his hand during famous pianist Fazıl Say’s concert in the hall asking for the cancellation of the concert. The police detained the attacker. Reportedly, the man with machete chanted ‘Allahu akbar’...
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