Turkish singer, Bulent Ersoy, wins fight against the army...

Bulent Ersoy, 56, had said that if she had a son she would discourage him from going to fight Kurdish separatists in the country's restive southeast.

The army, one of Turkey's most influential institutions, took offence and she was put on trial in February under legal provisions that criminalise remarks deemed insulting to the state and its institutions. 

In the past, these provisions have been used to silence critics of Turkey's policy in Kurdish areas and its denial of a genocide against Armenians in the last days of the Ottoman Empire during the first world war. More...

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