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Special operations police officer Serkan Akbulut was handed down a life sentence for killing Emrah Gezer because he sang a Kurdish song. The sentence was then mitigated to imprisonment of 19 years and 5 months due to "unjust provocation".

Young man Emrah Gezer was killed because of a Kurdish folk song. Kurdish politicians and artists experience backlashes for using the Kurdish language despite the easing of regulations in the context of the democratic initiative.