Famend Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has been arrested in Turkey for supposedly being a member of the Kurdistan Employees Social gathering (PKK), Turkish media reported right now.
Souleyman was arrested within the southeastern Sanliurfa province, which is positioned on the Syrian border. Turkish authorities sought to arrest him on suspicion of being a member of the PKK and the Democratic Union Social gathering (PYD) in Syria. The proof is that he allegedly gave a speech in Germany a number of years in the past praising imprisoned PKK chief Abdullah Ocalan, Ihlas News Agency reported.
The arrest was widely reported in Turkish media right now.
Souleyman is a well-known Arab singer from Tel Tamer in northeast Syria. He left his nation for Turkey after the beginning of the Syrian civil battle in 2011. Souleyman primarily sings in Arabic, however his Kurdish-language tune “Warni Warni” is certainly one of his largest hits, and has more than 94 million views on YouTube. Souleyman isn’t overtly political, and lots of of his songs address romantic themes.
Turkey and the USA contemplate the PKK a terrorist group. Greater than 5,000 folks have been killed within the Turkey-PKK battle since a cease-fire broke down in 2015. Each Turkey and the PKK have been accused of attacking civilians.
The Turkish authorities often arrests folks on terror fees, accusing them of belonging to the PKK. The arrests have targeted members of the Folks’s Democratic Social gathering (HDP). The opposition celebration denies being a part of the PKK, and the arrests have been widely condemned by human rights watchdogs.
The PYD is the key Kurdish political pressure in northeast Syria, and leads the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The PYD and its armed wing, the Folks’s Safety Models (YPG), share the ideology of the PKK, however deny direct hyperlinks. The YPG leads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is the main military force in northeast Syria. The USA helps the SDF within the battle in opposition to the Islamic State.
The Turkish governmentregards the PYD because the Syrian department of the group. In 2019, Turkey invaded elements of SDF-controlled northeast Syria, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now threatening to take action once more. Turkish-backed Syrian insurgent forces additionally often clash with the SDF.
