Gulsen Colakoglu, a Turkish pop star who was jailed, is released and put under house arrest.
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Gulsen Colakoglu, a 46-year-old singer-songwriter, was detained last week and brought from her Istanbul home for questioning
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ordered for detention and arrest pending trial
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Her detention caused backlash on social media and raised more questions about the Turkish judicial system.
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whose credibility has been questioned by opposition parties.
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The accusations were based on a joke the artist said during a concert in April.
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where she joked that one of her musicians’” perversions” was caused by going to a religious school.
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An Istanbul court granted Gulsen's request to be released from jail with the restriction that she not leave her home
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The singer's little child, lack of flight danger, and lack of propensity to tamper with evidence were all highlighted by the court as reasons for its decision.
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The fact that Gulsen would "spend the night at her own home with her child," as per Gulsen's lawyer Emre Emek, was something he welcomed
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but added that he would also try to get her out of house arrest.
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A video of the singer criticising religious schools recently went viral on social media, and a hashtag was started to demand her arrest.