Erdogan not tolerate insults, Turkish singer sentenced to prison

The highest court earlier overturned the decision to sentence Olcay to 10 months in prison, imposed by the 46 Peace Criminal Court, and increased the sentence by a year and two months before reducing the sentence on good conduct, wrote the news at night.

Despite Olcay's calls for a discount or fine instead of a prison sentence, she received a prison sentence after the court ruled she had “deliberately tested President”.

The executioner's sentence was postponed and Olcay underwent a year and six months' trial, state-run Anadolu agency reported.

The investigation was launched on singer's lyrics

An indictment was filed against Olcay for Erdogan's “insult” during a concert last year, with the prosecutor demanding a four-year sentence for the singer.

The act prepared by the Istanbul Prosecutor said a citizen told police that Olcay had made an insulting gesture towards Erdogan during a concert in Istanbul's Kadıköy neighbourhood on August 5, 2016. An investigation was launched and images from the concert were reviewed, the Anadolu Agency announced on December 12th 2017.

Olcay was also charged with revising the lyrics of the song “Boş Vermişım Dnejayı” (I Let Go of the World to criticise Erdogan, creating a gesture of hands to accompany the melody. According to the images, revised texts say: “Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it is empty, it is a lie. Life will end one day and you will say “I had a dream”. ”

In her testimony, Olcay reportedly revised the texts because the president's name fits the rhyme scheme and that “had no further motive or insult”.
The singer also said the hand gesture had targeted a member of the public in the first row after they had made a negative comment.