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Turkey bans concert by French singer over support for Israel

French singer-songwriter and musician Enrico Macias arrives for the Opening Ceremony and the screening of the film 'Partir un Jour' (Bye Bye) presented out of competition at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 13, 2025. AFP
By TRENDS Desk AFP
September 4, 2025 8:49 am
  • The Istanbul governorate said in a statement that it had wanted to prevent any demonstrations on the sidelines of the concert "against the genocide of the terrorist state Israel."
  • The 86-year-old singer told AFP that he has performed in Turkey for 60 years and is "deeply surprised and saddened not to be able to see my audience."

Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish authorities Wednesday said they have banned a planned concert Friday in Istanbul by Enrico Macias after calls to protest the French singer’s pro-Israeli views.

The Istanbul governorate said in a statement that it had wanted to prevent any demonstrations on the sidelines of the concert “against the genocide of the terrorist state Israel in Gaza and its supporters”.The 86-year-old singer told AFP that he has performed in Turkey for 60 years and is “deeply surprised and saddened not to be able to see my audience, with whom I have always shared values of peace and fraternity.”

Macias, who was born into a Jewish family in Algeria, has on several occasions defended Israel’s lethal response to Hamas’s deadly October 2023 attacks.

“My problem is that I can’t stand the violence of the terrorists,” he said in an interview on YouTube in August.  “And if there was violence on the Israeli side, it was because of Hamas,” he said, while saying he had “nothing against the Palestinians.”

Macias has lived in France since 1961, where he has contributed to the popularity of Arab-Andalusian music.

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