Turkish social media personality receives suspended sentence for headscarf video

A Turkish court has handed down an 11-month suspended sentence to social media personality and singer Murat Övüç. The sentence was for insulting religious values in a video where he wore a headscarf.

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Turkish social media personality gets 11-month suspended sentence over headscarf video

A Turkish court has handed down an 11-month suspended sentence to social media personality and singer Murat Övüç for insulting religious values in a video in which he wore a headscarf, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Bianet news website. Övüç was arrested on December 20 on charges of inciting hatred and hostility and spent 102 […] The post Turkish social media personality gets 11-month suspended sentence over headscarf video appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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