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ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due \u200cto past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to \u200ca concert in Istanbul on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
West, also known as Ye, has faced \u200ba wave of cancellations across Europe this summer following years of antisemitic remarks, including statements praising Adolf Hitler and the release of content using Nazi imagery.<\/p>\n
In his first appearance in Europe since \u200c2014, and his first \u2060in Turkey, Ye performed for two hours in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium to an audience of 118,000, \u2060state-run Anadolu Agency said.<\/p>\n
Among the audience were fans from Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Poland and the Middle East, Anadolu \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old \u200brapper is set to perform \u200bin the Netherlands on \u200cJune 6 and 8.<\/p>\n
Ye has faced a global backlash, not least for his release of “Heil Hitler”, a song promoting Nazism.<\/p>\n
In April, Britain denied Ye entry on grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good, forcing the cancellation of a \u200cplanned appearance at the Wireless Festival \u200bin London.<\/p>\n
Later that month, he also \u200bpostponed a show in \u200bMarseille after reports that the French government had \u200csought to block it, and a \u200bconcert in Poland \u200bwas also subsequently cancelled.<\/p>\n
In January, Ye took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal renouncing his past \u200badmiration for Hitler \u200cand apologising for his behaviour, which he attributed to an \u200bundiagnosed brain injury and untreated bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Huseyin \u200bHayatsever; Editing by Kevin Liffey)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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