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Famed Syrian singer Omar Souleyman arrested in Turkey

Omar Souleyman is accused by Turkey of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, aka PKK.
Omar Suleyman

Renowned Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has been arrested in Turkey for supposedly being a member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Turkish media reported today. 

Souleyman was arrested in the southeastern Sanliurfa province, which is located on the Syrian border. Turkish authorities sought to arrest him on suspicion of being a member of the PKK and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria. The evidence is that he allegedly gave a speech in Germany several years ago praising imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Ihlas News Agency reported

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