Marc Champion, Columnist

Turkey's Shameful Prosecution of Pianist Fazil Say

A Turkish court todayÂ convictedÂ the country's best-known classical pianist and composer, Fazil Say, for inciting hatred and insulting Islam.

April 16, 2013 at 9:17 AM UTC

By Marc Champion

Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

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(Corrects spelling of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in fifth paragraph.)

If only it were a shock. A Turkish court today convicted the country's best-known classical pianist and composer, Fazil Say, for inciting hatred and insulting Islam.