Overview

• Chefket told Der Spiegel he will not make up the canceled performance, saying the plan is off from his side.
• The concert had been scheduled for October 7 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt as part of Jan Böhmermann’s exhibition.
• Organizers scrapped the appearance days earlier following criticism of photos showing Chefket in a shirt with a map of Palestine without Israel.
• Federal officials, including Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer, characterized the motif as antisemitic, a claim Chefket rejects as he frames his stance as solidarity with Palestinians.
• Böhmermann has acknowledged the booking may have been thoughtless, and the exhibition continues through October 19 with shows and TV recordings.