Turkish popstar Gulsen has been released from jail but placed under house arrest as she awaits trial for charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” in connection with a joke she made about the country’s religious schools.
The 46-year-old singer, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, is often described as the Turkish Madonna. She was arrested on 25 August after a video clip of her joke on a band member during a performance in April went viral on social media.
In the video, the singer joked that one of her musicians’ “perversion” stemmed from attending a religious school.
She was charged for saying of the band member: “He attended the Imam Hatip schools. That’s where the perversion comes from.”
Though Gulsen issued an apology for her comment and told the millions who follow her on social media that she meant to cause no harm or division, religious groups attacked her.
The 46-year-old singer, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, is often described as the Turkish Madonna. She was arrested on 25 August after a video clip of her joke on a band member during a performance in April went viral on social media.
In the video, the singer joked that one of her musicians’ “perversion” stemmed from attending a religious school.
She was charged for saying of the band member: “He attended the Imam Hatip schools. That’s where the perversion comes from.”
Though Gulsen issued an apology for her comment and told the millions who follow her on social media that she meant to cause no harm or division, religious groups attacked her.
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