Turkish singer will face trial for “insulting Erdogan”
A Turkish singer will face trial for singing a song with revised lyrics that criticized Erdogan.
A Turkish singer will face trial for singing a song with revised lyrics that criticized Erdogan.
Last year Turkish singer Zuhal Olcay sang the song “Bos Vermisin Dünyayı (I let go of the world) with revised lyrics in a concert. A video of Olcay shows her singing the song. The revised lyrics say: “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, all of them are null and lies, this life will end one day and you will say I had a dream.”
The prosecutor’s office has demanded a jail term for Olcay ranging from one year and two months to four years and eight months on charges of “insulting the president.”
The indictment has been approved by the 46th Criminal Court of Peace and the singer will soon face a trial on the charges.