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 Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...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 |