Comedian Deniz Göktaş has been arrested by an Istanbul court after being detained at the city’s main airport for a performance that has attracted 9.4 million views on YouTube.

Göktaş is accused of “inciting hatred and hostility” in his stage routine, as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

He is the latest artist to be affected by a crackdown on dissent in Türkiye that has also targeted activists, journalists and other public figures.

In recent weeks, access to the social media accounts of numerous LGBT+ organizations and activists has been blocked, while more than 200 people have been detained ahead of next week’s NATO leaders’ summit in the capital Ankara.

Tens of thousands of security personnel are being deployed for the July 7-8 summit hosted by Erdoğan, where US President Donald Trump will meet his European counterparts and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.

Last month, journalists, lawyers, academics, trade unionists, environmental activists and LGBT activists were arrested.

Authorities have imposed a ban on demonstrations in Ankara until July 10 and independent Turkish media outlets have complained that they have been denied accreditation for the summit. NATO said it trusted the host nation., external to guarantee access, but was in contact with the Turkish authorities.

Among those detained in late June were volunteers from one of Türkiye’s best-known environmental organizations, the Tema Foundation. Tema said many of those detained were retirees returning from a wilderness trip and most were later released.

Deniz Göktaş was arrested while returning to Istanbul from a holiday, and images of the artist being led away with his hands handcuffed behind his back sparked immediate criticism from his followers.