Nationalist Uproar at Singer's Anti-War Stance

http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/105191/nationalist-uproar-at-singers-anti-war-stance

Singer Bülent Ersoy's courageous anti-war utterances on live TV have provoked a nationalist backlash and an investigation.

Bıa news centre

27-02-2008

Nilüfer ZENGİN Gökçe GÜNDÜÇ Anna ÇELİKER

It took a judge from a national popstar competition, "Popstar Alaturka",  to say what many people may think secretely.

Bülent Ersoy, a colourful transsexual singer, banned from performing on stage after the military coup in the 1980s, and now mostly in the magazine headlines for her outfits, young husbands and cosmetic surgery, expressed her opposition to the current cross-border operations in Northern Iraq on live TV on Sunday night (24 February).