Thou shalt not tweet about God

Today I was interviewed on Belgian public radio. Subject: the world famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say. He tweeted about religion, a Turkish prosecutor didn’t like that and started a case against him. Belgian radio wanted to know everything about that because Say was giving a recital that evening in Brussels.

Listen to the interview here – sorry, in Dutch!

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De bizarre weg naar verkiezingen in Istanbul, interview in popular Dutch radio show Nieuwsweekend about recent and upcoming elections in Istanbul, 11 May 2019.
Turkey’s ruling AKP manipulates election outcomes in Kurdish South-east, leaves municipalities broke, published at Fanack, 7 May 2019.
‘Turkey’s claims of PKK demise exaggerated’, published at Ahval, 12 April 2019.
De PKK wil minder zelfmoorden, published in Dutch weekly Groene Amsterdammer, 3 april 2019. An English version, slightly longer, was published on my Patreon page on 28 March 2019: PKK calls on prisoners to stay alive.
In Turkey, PKK weakened but vows to step up attacks in spring, published on Fanack, 28 March 2019.
Loont het om journalisten te bedreigen?, guest in Dutch investigative journalism radio show Argos to talk about murdered journalists, 2 March 2019.
Koerdische parlementariër al meer dan 100 dagen in hongerstaking, interview in Dutch radio show Nieuwsweekend about the hungerstrike of Kurdish MP Leyla Güven in Turkey, 2 March 2019.
Als journalisten worden vermoord, sterft ook hun verhaal, story about murdered journalists, published at Vrij Nederland, 18 February 2019.
Iraqi Kurds vent anger with violent protest against Turkey, published at Ahval, 13 February 2019.
Er bestaat een kans dat je olijfolie gestolen is van de Koerden, interview on Belgian radio about ‘Turkish’ olive oil from Afrin, 4 February 2019.
Muslims systematically framed negatively in Dutch newspapers, published at Index on Censorship, 30 January 2019.
Despite brother’s visit, Öcalan remains in isolation, published on Ahval, 14 January 2019.

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