Summary
Iranian pop star Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after the supreme court overturned a prior five-year prison sentence.
Tataloo, who had been living in Istanbul since 2018, was extradited to Iran in 2023 and has since been detained.
He also faces charges of promoting “prostitution” and spreading “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.
The verdict is not final and can still be appealed.
Once a figure courted by conservatives, Tataloo gained fame for his controversial music and tattoos.
Turkey extradites to Iran? That seems like something that wouldn’t help join the EU.
Pretty sure Turkey has given up on ever joining the EU years ago.
yeah I was surprised by that too, but I’m a dumb dumb, so 🤷
Turkey hasn’t wanted to join the EU for decades.
I’d say that Turkey has stopped seriously trying to join the EU, but that’s because I don’t know what they want or don’t.
My comment was intended to sound cynical, but I totally failed to actually make it sound that way. (I edited it just now in an attempt to fix that.) Europe’s relationship with Turkey is dominated by geopolitical and economic concerns, not moral ones.
After they were refused repeatedly and the last attempt really highlighted how common racism is in the EU I cannot blame them for not wanting to join anymore.
I don’t think Turkey has ever met the criteria for joining the EU
Yeah that’s because of their religions and skin tones. Trust me the racism directed at the Turkish application in the early 2000s was intense the problem is many Europeans think race isn’t an issue in their country despite the evidence to the contrary.