{"id":2442447,"date":"2026-06-03T00:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2442447"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:29:58","slug":"kanye-west-performs-to-118k-in-turkey-despite-bans-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kanye-west-performs-to-118k-in-turkey-despite-bans-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Performs to 118K in Turkey Despite Bans Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. rapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kanye-west\/\" data-ami-celebrity-show=\"\"><strong>Kanye West<\/strong><\/a>, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>West, also known as Ye, has faced a 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<p>In his first appearance in Europe since 2014, and his first in Turkey, Ye performed for two hours in Istanbul\u2019s Ataturk Olympic Stadium to an audience of 118,000, state-run Anadolu Agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the audience were fans from Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Poland and the Middle East, Anadolu said.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old rapper is set to perform in the Netherlands on June 6 and 8.<\/p>\n<p>Ye has faced a global backlash, not least for his release of \u201cHeil Hitler\u201d, a song promoting Nazism.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Britain denied Ye entry on grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good, forcing the cancellation of a planned appearance at the Wireless Festival in London.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Later that month, he also postponed a show in Marseille after reports that the French government had sought to block it, and a concert in Poland was also subsequently cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Ye took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal renouncing his past admiration for Hitler and apologising for his behaviour, which he attributed to an undiagnosed brain injury and untreated bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; Editing by Kevin Liffey)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night. 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