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Turkish singer sentenced to 12 months in prison for insulting Erdogan in lyrics

Turkish singer sentenced to 12 months in prison for insulting Erdogan in lyrics

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish composer Erdal Guney was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a 2014 single. Guney was given 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting the President in his song, titled Babacigim [Daddy], Birgun daily...
Erzurum tea house temporarily closed over Kurdish-language song

Erzurum tea house temporarily closed over Kurdish-language song

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A tea house in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum was banned due to Kurdish-language songs played in the café, according to media. Mezopotamya news agency reported Tuesday that a tea house in Erzurum’s Karaçoban district was raided by police and military officers...
Turkey now detains composer who turned Gülen’s poems into songs

Turkey now detains composer who turned Gülen’s poems into songs

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

A man who turned poems written by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen into songs and released an album including those songs has been detained in the southern province of Antalya for his alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. The man, identified...
Tarkan’s ‘Cuppa’ a ‘coup’ song, claims pro-gov’t journalist

Tarkan’s ‘Cuppa’ a ‘coup’ song, claims pro-gov’t journalist

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Columnist Bayram Zilan from the pro-government Milat daily argued on Wednesday that Turkey’s iconic pop singer Tarkan’s newest song “Cuppa” could have been composed for the July 15 coup attempt, saying that the song’s name would have been changed from “Cuppa” to...

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