Here they are: All the Prime Minister's artists...
The art, which -in my view- should be critical at all times, is in the service of His Majesty in His court.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has organized a breakfast at an Istanbul palace on Saturday and hosted a group of artists, including not only cheap singers like Alisan and Seda Sayan, but also more respectable musicians like Sertab Erener, Bulent Ortacgil and Arif Sag.
Erdogan asked them to contribute to the democratic initiatives of the government. A nice way to demand these singers, whose albums sell millions in Turkish slums, to bring some votes to his party in the upcoming elections. When they do a similar thing in Portugal, it's a political scandal; but this is Turkey.
Anyway, there is an irony in everything and this is no exception. It was basically an AK Party breakfast, but the surnames of the real artists who were honorable enough to boycott this cynical event made me smile:
Sezen Aksu.
Edip Akbayram.
Sabahat Akkiraz.
