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Turkey's banned musicians sing the blues in run-up to 2023 vote
Totalitarians gotta total. [Rudaw] A tattooed pop star banned for her slinky dresses and support for women's rights. Kurdish artists blacklisted and concerts cancelled out of concern for alcohol-fuelled frolicking between boys and girls....the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... 's summer festival season is off to a politically charged start that foreshadows the cultural battles brewing in the polarised country in the run-up to next year's election -- the toughest of President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First Posted by: trailing wife 2022-06-26 |
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