The Yeni Akit story, however, prompted his first ever cancellation.
He has played more than 15 concerts in the province, including at others organised by local authorities. Poster of the festival in KestelĪzis, who is of Roma background, is a favourite among Bursa’s Bulgarian immigrant community.
“What is the AKP-run Kestel municipality trying to do?” asked a headline in Yeni Akit, in reference to the fact that the festival was organised by a local authority run by the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). The ultra-conservative daily Yeni Akit described Azis as a “gay pervert” after he was added to the line-up for a mid-September three-day Balkan music festival in Bursa province. The Bulgarian pop singer Vasil Troyanoy, better known by the name Azis, was dropped from the bill at a music festival in north-west Turkey after a right-wing newspaper criticised his sexual orientation.
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