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[bill cobbett]

Not being one to be outdone by his cabinet, Mad Dog Erdogan has taken his turn to issue threats, by threatening to withdraw state monies from some theatres.

... as he claims that his daughter was "insulted" by an actor during a play!!!

The GB Guardian reports him as saying...

..."Theatres cannot take government subsidies and then criticise the hand that feeds them, he said. "They have started to humiliate and look down on us and all conservatives."...

The Guardian goes on to tell us what is behind the "insult" claim...

... "What some are calling "Turkey's culture war" began in April last year when his youngest daughter, Sümeyye Erdogan, 30, walked out of a performance of Young Osman at the Ankara state theatre. Its story of a young, reforming sultan overthrown by a boorish military has a rich echo for the Erdogans and the AK party, who have broken the army's hold on Turkey. What exactly happened during an improvised sequence when the uncouth soldiers growl at the audience is still disputed, but she claims she was humiliated by an actor, Tolga Tuncer, who picked on her because she was wearing a headscarf, mimicking her chewing gum and making offensive "haka-style" gestures at her."...

[Cap]

It's the gallows for this poor guy I'm afraid.

[kimon07]

Such a move would leave Bagis and Davutoglou without a stage wouldn't it?