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Transsexual Turkish Singer on Trial for Criticizing Mandatory Military Service

Started by Shana A, June 25, 2008, 07:08:19 AM

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June 25, 2008, 07:08:19 AM
Transsexual Turkish Singer on Trial for Criticizing Mandatory Military Service

Thursday, June 19, 2008

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368950,00.html

ANKARA, Turkey  —  A popular transsexual Turkish singer went on trial Wednesday on charges of trying to turn the public against military service.

Bulent Ersoy could face more than two years in prison for saying during a live television show that if she had children, she would not want them to join the army to fight Kurdish rebels.

Military service is obligatory for men over the age of 20 in Turkey, and it is a crime to speak against it.
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