Dollar bills buy Turkish singer big trouble
Turkish pop star Mabel Matiz is the latest public figure under investigation after he had the misfortune to appear in a music video with one-dollar notes, which the government claims Gulenists use as a secret messaging system.
Prosecutors are investigating a Turkish pop singer and champion of gay rights for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, the Sunni cleric accused of being at the center of the failed attempt to bloodily overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July 2016, pro-government Sabah reported today.
The probe was prompted by a video clip in which Mabel Matiz is seen writhing to the rhythm with dollar bills stuffed in his jacket. It’s the dollars, not the lyrics of the chart-topping “Ya bu ne isler?” ("What’s going on?") that landed him in trouble.
