Turkey's police state courts persecute pop star for joke about Islamist students
Here's an example of a lady pop star who was charged for an Orwellian Thoughtcrime about the Religion of Peace:
A court in Turkey sentenced pop star Gülşen Bayraktar Çolakoğlu, widely known by her first name only, to ten months in prison on Wednesday for a joke mocking Islamist religious schools.Even before the now reportedly ailing Recep Erdogan became the dictator, this was undoubtably the norm in Turkey, and it can't be allowed to continue.
The court issued a “suspended” sentence, meaning Gülşen will likely not have the serve the term unless she is found guilty of “inciting hatred” again in a separate case within the next five years, according to the outlet Turkish Minute. The singer served four days in prison and two weeks of house arrest in August following a clip of her making the joke going viral. [...]
Turkish law criminalizes “inciting hatred” against religious groups through speech. Turks enjoy very limited free speech rights, as the penal code forbids actions such as “insulting the president” or criticizing the founder of the Turkish Republic and architect of the Armenian genocide, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Gülşen reportedly made the offending comments during practice on stage alongside her band in April 2022, joking that one of its members had gone to an “imam-hatip” school.
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