Turkish Jews celebrate country’s Eurovision pick, but singer would prefer quiet about his religion
By Ron Kampeas · January 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Turkey’s Jews are pleased as can be that for the first time, a Jew will be representing their country at the Eurovision song contest.
But the singer, Can Bonomo, isn’t exactly trumpeting his accomplishment -- at least not the Jewish part.
“We would like to inform that Mr. Can Bonomo is bound to refuse answering all the questions about his religious beliefs, anti-Semitism and political subjects,” Bonomo’s spokesman, Ece Kahraman, wrote in a statement to JTA.
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