Turkey’s state TV apologizes for broadcasting song with lyrics by Fethullah Gülen
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The broadcast of “Hüzünlü Gurbet” (Melancholy Exile), with lyrics written by Gülen, on the music station TRT Müzik immediately drew a reaction from social media users.
The broadcaster later stated that it had “mistakenly broadcast” the song in the repeat of a program first aired 12 years ago.
“It is respectfully announced to the public that ‘Hüzünlü Gurbet,’ sung by Ahmet Özhan, was mistakenly broadcast during the repeat of a program produced in 2005,” TRT Müzik stated in a tweet.
The Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), through which Gülen is widely believed to have orchestrated the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt, which left 249 people dead and nearly 2,200 injured.