Uproar in Turkey after mosques blare out WWII anti-fascist song

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The song, Bella Ciao, adopted by leftists around the world, has no particular ties to religion. FMTNews

The coronavirus pandemic forced all mosques in Turkey to close for collective prayer in March.

The government and religious officials reacted angrily to the breaking of a religious taboo – mosques are supposed to only broadcast calls to prayer or other significant religious messages – accusing unnamed individuals of “sabotage”. While the national religious body Diyanet filed a legal complaint and launched an internal inquiry, the Izmir prosecutor’s office said it would investigate the original incident as well as social media users who posted about it.

Izmir is one of Turkey’s secular bastions, where the main opposition Republican People’s Party dominates local politics.

 

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