Turkish woman detained for 'insulting religious values' in TikTok video
A Turkish woman was detained on charges of insulting religious values for recording a TikTok video in a shrine in southern Turkey's Adana, Sputnik Turkish reported on April 20. The young woman is seen walking around in a shrine in a sleeveless shirt with a religiously themed song playing in the background in the video.
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A Turkish woman was detained on charges of "insulting religious values" on April 20 for recording a TikTok video in a shrine in southern Turkey's Adana.
The woman, identified only as H.Ş., is seen walking around the Çoban Dede Shrine, a shrine dedicated to a figure called Çoban Dede, meaning "Father Shepherd" in Turkish.
The woman is wearing a sleeveless white shirt in the video, as a religiously themed song played in the background while she walked around the coffin, and then hugged it.
The woman was detained on charges of insulting religious values, often deployed by the Turkish judiciary against any statement or behavior that prompts public protest in a religious context.