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Turkish pop star released from house arrest -lawyer

A Turkish court ruled to release pop star Gulsen from house arrest, her lawyer said on Monday, after she was briefly jailed pending trial last month over a quip about religious schools.

Gulsen was briefly jailed last month on a charge of incitement to hatred before being moved to house arrest several days later.

Her arrest had sparked outrage, with critics saying that she was targeted for her support for LGBT+ rights and liberal views that go against President Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party.

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