In Turkey as elsewhere, the opening of the season of music festivals and concerts promised to be dense this year with the arrival of fine weather and the decline of the Covid-19 pandemic. But a wave of bans came to shower this enthusiasm.
Thus, in the student town of Eskisehir, a music festival which was to bring together Turkish rock stars was banned by the prefecture for “risk of disturbing public order”, report online media T24. And this thanks to the intensive lobbying of conservative associations with powerful contacts with the authorities, explains T24. Here is what these associations, gathered around a “brotherhood platform”, claimed:
“At this so-called festival, boys and girls will sleep together in tents, poisoning each other for days with alcohol and drugs in an immoral atmosphere that has nothing to do with culture or music. ”
Organizers have said they intend to reschedule the canceled festival between