Several prominent musicians and bands have been urged to cancel upcoming tour dates in Turkey following online posts made by Abdülkadir Özkan, owner of DBL Entertainment.

In several posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, Özkan criticized the ongoing boycott being implemented by Turkey’s opposition following the March 19th arrest of Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu.

In one post, Özkan characterized those boycotting the EspressoLab coffee chain as “traitors of our homeland” and “enemies of commerce”. EspressoLab has been at the top of the opposition’s boycott list due to the company’s close connections to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP).

In a second social media post, Özkan took aim at Ekrem İmamoğlu’s father. Özkan shut his account shortly thereafter before reopening it to share an announcement saying:

“The well-intentioned posts I shared have been manipulated........

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