Pop star in Turkey is facing scrutiny over song lyrics

An Ankara-based group of lawyers has filed a judicial complaint against Aksu that she has "insulted religious values." Article 216/3 of the Turkish Penal Code penalizes “public degradation of religious values” and if the act disturbs the public peace, the offender may be imprisoned from six months to one year.  The vaguely worded article has been used increasingly often in Turkey in the last 10 years. During the Bogazici University protests, two students were arrested and charged with insulting religious values for putting up a poster depicting Islam’s most sacred site with LGBT flags.