Time.news – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the return to normality starting from July 1st for Turkey, with the end of curfew, but sparked controversy for a ban on live and outdoor music starting at midnight.
“The restrictions on music will start at 24, sorry so much but no one has the right to disturb,” Erdogan recalled Monday. The decision sparked a flood of protests on social media, where many artists have ironically wondered what kind of annoyance music can cause, while others have offered performances online after midnight and promise more.
“We apologize for all the years of annoyance,” tweeted singer Cem Adrian. “If music bothers you then don’t listen to it,” protested artist Gaye Su Akyol. The protest of the artists was followed by the social tide, with countless comments against the decision, considered ideological and often compared to the fact that “in the night even mosques with muezzin disturb“.
However, the president’s AKP party does not fit, which – through the head of communications, Fahrettin Altun – has defined the controversy as “ideological manipulation”. “Instead of being happy for the now imminent return to normalcy, someone preferred to invent an alleged ‘music ban’ that does not exist, to create a controversy that is the result of ideological manipulation“Altun said.
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