Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ’objectionable lyrics’

Turkey bans access to critical #Ahval news website

The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) on Wednesday imposed an access ban on the critical news website ahvalnews.com as the Turkish government’s crackdown on the press organizations continues at full speed.

The BTK barred access to Ahval citing Law No. 5651, approved by the Turkish Parliament in February 2014 to regulate Internet broadcasting. Ahval, which was established by veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar in November 2017, is known for its critical coverage of ongoing developments in Turkey, which has been under a state of emergency since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

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Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on its 14 TV stations for reasons that were not made clear to the public.

According to the Hürriyet daily, Some of these songs are performed by famous Turkish singers such as Koray Avcı, Onur Akın, Sıla, Nüket Duru, Berkay, Demet Akalın, Bengü and Nazan Öncel and are listened to by millions of people on the Internet. Some of these singers are also known to be critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.

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