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Following the acquittal of singer Bülent Ersoy for her criticism of cross-border operations into Northern Iraq last year, the prosecutor in the case is insisting on an appeal, arguing that Ersoy's medical inability to have children is an insult to Turkish mothers.

Famous transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy is acquitted of the accusation of “alienating people from military service”, which she faced for her words during a TV show that if she had a son she would not send him to the war with the PKK in the east.

After transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy, writer Cezmi Ersöz is also sued for writing a story that allegedly alienates people from military service. Both Ersoy and Ersöz will appear before court on October 30.

Transsexual singer and celebrity Bülent Ersoy, on trial for alienating people from military service, defended his words by repeating that he was simply expressing his opinion for a solution without deaths.

In a TV show during the Northern Iraq military operation, the famous singer Ersoy demanded “solution instead of death” and Bakırköy Public Prosecutor sues her for “alienating people from military service.”

The Initiative Against Thought Crime restarts its activities as a reaction to the increased number of law suits targeting people who simply express their opinions. 200 people report themselves to the authorities for the same “crime”.

After one of their writers was taken into custody for an article he wrote, two representatives of the Taraf newspaper have been investigated for supporting the anti-militarist statement of singer Bülent Ersoy.

Parties and organisations of the left have condemned the operations and are calling for peace.