Gülçen was imprisoned for 4 days in Bakirkoy Prison in Istanbul (Facebook)
Court raised in Istanbultoday, Monday, house arrest for Turkish pop star Gülçenaccused of “inciting hatred” because of her mockery of religious schools on stage, Turkish media confirmed.
A court in Istanbul ordered pop star Gulçen Bayraktar Kolaoglu, 46, known by her first name, to be placed under house arrest on August 29, pending trial, after being imprisoned for four days in Bakirkoy Prison in Istanbul, and she is subject to several prison sentences. Years. Her arrest at the end of last August sparked strong reactions in Turkey.
During a concert in April, Gulchin said on stage, with irony, that a member of her band’s “perversion” had been brought up in one of the Imam Hatip schools, which sparked laughter from the audience.
Imam Hatip religious schools are known to prepare children to become preachers, and secular Turks criticize them, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously attended one of these schools.
Gulchen’s clip spread widely on social media, which angered many parties, including the ruling Justice and Development Party, less than a year before the upcoming presidential elections.
And some considered that Erdogan referred in a speech, on Monday evening, to the prosecutions against the pop singer without mentioning her by name: “Those who mock the sacred values of our nation will not be able to escape from their responsibilities.”
(AFP)