Saturday, February 07, 2009
Bulent Ersoy Acquitted
Posted by Monica Roberts at 2:08 AM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/02/bulent-ersoy-acquitted.html

I mentioned that beloved transwoman singer Bulent Ersoy was on trial for remarks she made on a TV program critical of the Turkish military.

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

She stated on that fateful February 24 TV broadcast that if she had a son, she would not let him fight in other people's wars, referring to the increasing number of soldiers killed fighting outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists.

Thanks to her lawyer, Muhittin Yüzüak, she was acquitted on December 18.