{"id":23989,"date":"2012-08-14T17:15:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=23989"},"modified":"2012-08-14T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T14:15:04","slug":"turkish-state-tv-trt-censors-lennons-imagine-at-olympics-closing-ceremony-23989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkish-state-tv-trt-censors-lennons-imagine-at-olympics-closing-ceremony-23989\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish State Tv TRT censors Lennon&#8217;s Imagine at Olympics Closing ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23990\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23990\" title=\"A world with no religion is untolerable for 'changing' TRT mentality\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-lennon-censor-trt-no-religion-nationalturk-0455-610x235.jpg\" alt=\"A world with no religion is untolerable for 'changing' TRT mentality\" width=\"610\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-lennon-censor-trt-no-religion-nationalturk-0455-610x235.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-lennon-censor-trt-no-religion-nationalturk-0455-280x108.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-lennon-censor-trt-no-religion-nationalturk-0455.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A world with no religion is untolerable for &#39;changing&#39; TRT mentality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Turkish State Television TRT refused to imagine world without religion, censores John Lennon song&#8217;s imagine a world without religion at Olympic ceremony.<\/h1>\n<p>Turkey \/ NationalTurk &#8211; A moderator for Turkish state broadcaster TRT expurgated part of iconic British musician John Lennon&#8217;s lyrics of &#8216; Imagine &#8216; that call for &#8216; no religion &#8216; during the broadcasting of the Olympic Games\u2019 closing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>One of Lennon\u2019s most renown and famous songs, &#8216; Imagine,&#8217; was included in the Aug. 12 Olympics closing ceremonies and was translated into Turkish by the gutless TRT presenter as it played in the background.<\/p>\n<h2>A world with no religion is untolerable for &#8216;changing&#8217; TRT mentality<\/h2>\n<p>The verses of the song which called for people to imagine a world with no countries and no reason to kill or die for were correctly translated into Turkish, but the weasel TRT presenter, a mirror image of new TRT mentality described best as almond shaped mustaches skipped the part where John Lennon sang for &#8216; no religion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The TRT presenter translated the remainder of the lyrics from John Lennon&#8217;s unforgettable song about freedom and rights correctly.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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