Gulsen Colakoglu, a Turkish pop singer, was given a 10-month jail sentence on Wednesday over a joke about religious schools. The trial, which has become the epitome of polarization between the country’s liberal segments and Islamists, began in August over a joke the pop star made during a live performance in April about graduates of Imam Hatips, Islamic clerical training schools aligned with the Sunni faith. Gulsen publicly apologized for her comments, saying she didn’t mean to offend anyone. Prosecutors sought the 46-year-old’s arrest on charges of “inciting people to hatred and enmity,” and the star was jailed for six days until she was released on house arrest, which was later lifted. Gulsen will not serve jail time unless she commits the same crime in the next five years. Her lawyers demanded her acquittal during her hearing, citing that her comments were just a joke and that Imam Hat

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