ANKARA — The arrest of a Turkish pop star over a quip she made about religious schools has drawn a fierce response from critics of the government, who see it as bent on punishing those who oppose its ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency ...

A Turkish pop singer accused of "inciting hatred and enmity" with a joke about Turkey's religious schools rejected the charge Friday during her first court appearance. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was ...

Singer Gulsen Bayraktar Colakoglu — a 46-year-old known by her first name on stage — was detained at home in Istanbul and taken to court. A judge then remanded her in jail pending an investigation ...

The singer joked about a member of her band being "perverted" due to his religious school upbringing Deutsche Welle Opponents, and even some supporters, of the Turkish government have responded to the ...

The Turkish pop star Gulsen is accused of "inciting hatred" over comments she made in April about graduates of religious public Imam Hatip schools. A Turkish court on Monday ordered pop star Gulsen be ...

Turkey has ordered the arrest of one of its top pop singers for allegedly insulting the country’s Islamic high schools system, which was attended by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Singer, songwriter ...

The arrest of a Turkish pop star over a quip she made about religious schools has drawn a fierce response from critics of the government, who see it as bent on punishing those who oppose its ...

A Turkish pop singer accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke about Turkey’s religious schools rejected the charge Friday during her first court appearance. Singer-songwriter Gulsen was ...