{"id":746,"date":"2011-01-31T06:07:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=746"},"modified":"2017-04-03T07:12:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:12:59","slug":"singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2011\/01\/singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer &#038; Kurdish spokesperson Ferhat Tun\u00e7 gets 25 day prison sentence just before Music Freedom Day &#8217;11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-747\" href=\"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/2011\/01\/singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence\/ferhat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-747\" title=\"ferhat\" src=\"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ferhat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Turkey continues to prosecute its intellectuals and artists. At a\u00a0concert in 2006\u00a0Ferhat Tun\u00e7\u00a0\u00a0praised 17 people who died in a military operation against the illegal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raybanoutletit.com\/\" title=\"Ray Ban outlet\">Ray Ban outlet<\/a> Maoist Communist Party\u00a0two years earlier\u00a0in 2004. Some of those killed were friends of the singer, who frequently talks about the necessity of creating peace and granting Turkish minorities equal cultural and political rights. \u00a0The Public Prosecutor\u00a0claimed that the song entitled &#8220;17 lives&#8221; performed by the singer &#8220;praised crime and a criminal&#8221;. \u00a0While Tun\u00e7 did not attend the hearing on Thursday (27 January 2011), his\u00a0lawyer\u00a0Osman S\u00fczen claimed that the speech and the song performed at the Naz\u0131miye D\u00fczg\u00fcn Baba Festival\u00a0did not constitute any criminal offence. Tun\u00e7 commented, &#8220;It is rather thought-provoking that an artistis\u00a0punished because of his speeches and that a folk song he performed is used as evidence against him in a country that is said to be democratic&#8221;. He added that he was going to apply to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echr.coe.int\/echr\/homepage_EN\">European Court of Human Rights\u00a0(ECHR)<\/a> with this &#8220;document of shame&#8221;. \u00a0To learn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemuse.org\/sw40340.asp\">more about this case<\/a>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemuse.org\">FREEMUSE<\/a>, the world&#8217;s leading organization advocating freedom of expression for musicians. Also, don&#8217;t forget Ferhat and other musicians taking a stand for marginalized communities on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicfreedomday.org\">March 3, Music Freedom Day<\/a>, <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-759\" href=\"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/2011\/01\/singer-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence\/mfd-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-759\" title=\"mfd\" src=\"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mfd1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mfd1.gif 400w, https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mfd1-300x66.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>a time to celebrate musical expression worldwide.<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe id=\"basic_facebook_social_plugins_likebutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffd.artistsafety.net%2F2011%2F01%2Fsinger-and-kurdish-spokesperson-ferhat-tunc-receives-25-day-prison-sentence%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=&amp;action=recommend&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey continues to prosecute its intellectuals and artists. At a\u00a0concert in 2006\u00a0Ferhat Tun\u00e7\u00a0\u00a0praised 17 people who died in a military operation against the illegal Ray Ban outlet Maoist Communist Party\u00a0two years earlier\u00a0in 2004. 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