Does singing after dark pose a threat to public safety? The Ankara governor’s office thinks so. On May 26, it announced a comprehensive ban on protesting after dark that covers everything from singing folk songs and chanting in public to making news announcements and participating in any kind of assembly.
The announcement said that with the holy month of Ramadan underway, along with the arrival of spring weather, many people are drawn outside in the evenings, and singing and other such activity "disturbs our citizens, disrupts public order and security, increases the risk of terrorist organizations attacking [and] bombing communities, and makes it difficult for security forces to intervene in these events."
