The concert, which took place on October 25, was canceled by the city authorities due to "public order and security". Three days before the concert, the Turkish newspaper Yani Şafak noted that the show, which will come to Turkey, in its opinion, justifies Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. "The pro-Israel comedian Maksigelkin, who calls the genocide in Gaza "legitimate self-defense", will perform in Istanbul," read a statement on the social network H. In addition to the local media, the public movement "October 7" called for the cancellation of the concert. Otherwise, members of the movement threatened to hold a protest outside the Congress Center in Istanbul, where the concert was planned. Maxim Gilken, who left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine, moved to Israel with his wife Ella Pagomba. After the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the actor recorded a video in which he expressed support for Israel, where he said: "We are proud that we are now associated with a united nation." @wglavnoe.

The concert, which took place on October 25, was canceled by the city authorities due to "public order and security". Three days before the concert, the Turkish newspaper Yani Şafak noted that the show, which will come to Turkey, in its opinion, justifies Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. "The pro-Israel comedian Maksigelkin, who calls the genocide in Gaza "legitimate self-defense", will perform in Istanbul," read a statement on the social network H. In addition to the local media, the public movement "October 7" called for the cancellation of the concert. Otherwise, members of the movement threatened to hold a protest outside the Congress Center in Istanbul, where the concert was planned. Maxim Gilken, who left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine, moved to Israel with his wife Ella Pagomba. After the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the actor recorded a video in which he expressed support for Israel, where he said: "We are proud that we are now associated with a united nation." @wglavnoe.