{"id":12824,"date":"2026-06-06T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12824"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:39:59","slug":"turkey-probes-billionaire-businessman-95-over-kurdish-woman-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12824","title":{"rendered":"Turkey probes billionaire businessman, 95 over Kurdish woman joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Prosecutors on Saturday opened a probe into a 95-year-old billionaire and honorary head of Koc Holdings, Turkey\u2019s biggest conglomerate, over a joke about a Kurdish woman widely denounced as sexist and racist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blunder was made by Rahmi Koc at the opening of a hospital in the western resort city of Izmir late Friday, but when the footage started circulating online it caused a backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The joke, which revolved around a misunderstanding between a Kurdish woman and a doctor, also drew the ire of the pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party which said it had filed a complaint against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The probe was announced by Justice Minister Akin Gurlek on X who said it was over \u201cexpressions deemed to target women and citizens of a specific ethnic identity\u201d although he did not publicly name Koc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUttering such words under the guise of a \u2018joke\u2019 or humour does not mitigate this discourtesy displayed toward our women and a specific segment of our society,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also on X, DEM said it had filed a criminal complaint against Koc \u201cfor making sexist remarks about Kurdish women, on the grounds of \u2018public incitement to hatred and hostility\u2019, \u2018insult\u2019 and \u2018hate and discrimination\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the backlash, Koc issued a brief apology published by Koc Holding on X, saying his remarks \u201cwere not intended to target any particular group\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to sincerely express my regret,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Koc stepped down as chairman of Koc Holding in 2003, handing the reins to his eldest son, Mustafa Koc who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2016. 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