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| Turkey TV talent show: Woman contestant shot in head | Turkey TV talent show: Woman contestant shot in head |
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| A Turkish woman who has been taking part in a talent show on national TV has been shot in the head while rehearsing at home, Turkish media say. | A Turkish woman who has been taking part in a talent show on national TV has been shot in the head while rehearsing at home, Turkish media say. |
| Mutlu Kaya, 19, was in a critical condition after being shot in Diyarbakir province early on Monday. | Mutlu Kaya, 19, was in a critical condition after being shot in Diyarbakir province early on Monday. |
| Diyarbakir is a conservative region in south-east Turkey and Ms Kaya had reportedly received death threats for singing on the show, Sesi Cok Guzel. | Diyarbakir is a conservative region in south-east Turkey and Ms Kaya had reportedly received death threats for singing on the show, Sesi Cok Guzel. |
| One person has reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident. | One person has reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident. |
| The gunman was said to have been in the garden and fired through a window into the house. | The gunman was said to have been in the garden and fired through a window into the house. |
| Sesi Cok Guzel is similar to shows like Britain's Got Talent. Ms Kaya's mentor is Sibel Can, one of Turkey's best-known folk singers. | |
| Ms Can had visited Ms Kaya at the school canteen where she worked in March, in order to make sure she joined her team in the competition. | |
| However, the Posta newspaper reported on Sunday that Ms Kaya had received death threats after appearing on the show. | |
| "I am afraid," Kaya was quoted as telling the show's production team. | |
| Ms Kaya's father, Mehmet Kaya, told local media his daughter had been rehearsing to go back on the show when she was shot at her home in the Ergani district. | Ms Kaya's father, Mehmet Kaya, told local media his daughter had been rehearsing to go back on the show when she was shot at her home in the Ergani district. |
| "I just want my daughter to be healthy and don't want anything else," he said. | "I just want my daughter to be healthy and don't want anything else," he said. |
| "I am expecting help from Sibel Can, she is like a mother to Mutlu." | "I am expecting help from Sibel Can, she is like a mother to Mutlu." |
| "My beautiful girl Mutlu, how could they wound you? I am very sad," Ms Can wrote on Instagram, Agence France-Presse reported. | "My beautiful girl Mutlu, how could they wound you? I am very sad," Ms Can wrote on Instagram, Agence France-Presse reported. |