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Turkish court jails pop star for religious comment
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A Turkish court Thursday jailed a pop star famous for her racy outfits and support for LGBTQ rights on charges of "inciting hatred" over a comment about religious schools. Singer Gulsen Bayraktar Colakoglu -- a 46-year-old known by her first name on stage -- was detained at home in Istanbul and taken to court. A judge then remanded her in jail pending an investigation into remarks she made on stage in April about Imam Hatip religious schools. The schools raise children to be Muslim preachers and remain highly controversial among secular Turks. A clip of the comments went viral and created outrage among senior members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic-rooted

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