Muse cancels a concert in Turkey. After the pressure of the fans

The British Muse Muse has canceled their concert in Istanbul. The decision was made under the influence of intensive pressure from fans and local artists. The speech of the Turkish organizer of the event went.

“After carefully considering and listening to the opinions of our fans, while full of respect for their fears, our performance in Istanbul will be postponed to 2026, so that we can assure you that DBL Entertainment (Oszkana – ed. They were to go on sale this Thursday.

According to the BBC, the decision was made after pressure from fans and local artists, who were outraged by the words of Abdulkadira Waled. The head of the company organizing the concert sharply criticized anti -government protests in Turkey, calling them on X “treason”. “Simply put, this is hostility towards the capital. The act of betrayal,” he wrote.

This comment caused an avalanche of criticism in social media, where the team's fans began to massively call Muse to break cooperation with the promoter and cancel the performance. Hashtag #MuseCancelTurkey quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the most -used Turks on the Internet in recent days.

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Muse in Turkey. Appeals to the team

The singer Gaye Su Akyol, popular in Turkey, publicly appealed to Muse about the boycott of the concert organizer, indicated that the Ozcana company is on the informal list of companies associated with the Erdogan government. “We can't be silent when art is used to legitimize repression,” Aksol wrote on her social media profile. According to BBC, other Turkish artists also joined the appeal.

In October, a concert of Robbie Williams will also take place in Istanbul. A harvest company was also to be responsible for the event. The singer's profiles in social media were flooded with appeals to cancel the concert. Until now, Williams has not reacted.

Ultimately, the organizer himself announced that his company “withdraws from all projects” related to Williams and Muse's concerts.

Protests in Turkey

The controversy around the concert coincided with the escalation of political tensions in Turkey. On March 19 this year, the mayor of Istanbul was arrested – an imamogle screen. He is an opposition politician and a critic of the ruling AKP party, who was to run for president of Turkey in 2028. He was accused of corruption in connection with alleged irregularities at city tenders. The 53-year-old rejects the allegations, calling them “political revenge” on the part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The arrest caused a wave of demonstration in the largest cities of Turkeyincluding in Istanbul and Ankara, where thousands of people went out into the streets, demanding the release of the mayor and democratic reforms. According to official data, the Turkish authorities have already detained nearly 2,000 people.

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