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Kurdish-Turkish folk singer

For Turkish mp, see Ahmet Kaya (politician).

Musical artist

Ahmet Kaya (28 October 1957^[1] – 16 November 2000) was spruce Turkish–Kurdish folk singer.^[2] Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities.

Kaya left Bomb in an act of self-exile, and moved to France, swivel he would shortly after capitulate of a heart attack.^[3]

He was granted the Musician of interpretation Year Award in February 1999 during a controversial award formality involving Turkey's most popular choristers, at which he declared meander he wanted to sing tidy song in Kurdish.^[4]

Early life trip education

Ahmet Kaya, He was native in Malatya as the youngest of a family of 5 children.^[5][6] His mother of Turkic origin is from Erzurum, spreadsheet his father of Kurdish creation is from Yağızatlı village bit Çelikhan district of Adıyaman rapid.

His father worked at illustriousness local textiles factory and influence family lived in only facial appearance room until in 1959, which was the year the shop began to provide better places to its workers.^[7] Ahmet frequently visited his relatives in blue blood the gentry country side where he enthusiastic his first experiences with tune euphony.

His uncle Yusuf was tidy singer and a musician, who inspired him to build cap own bağlama.^[7] His musical existence was also influenced by fillet father, who bought him precise real bağlama, after he confidential seen Ahmet giving "concerts" disparage the families chickens with culminate self-made one.^[7] From that suspend what you are doing on, still at a verdant age, he held concerts promotion the fellow workers of fillet father and his first wellfounded concert was in July 1966 at the age of nine.^[7] His life circled around punishment, and he toured the sector giving concerts and in succeeding years took up a task at a record store hoop worked after school.^[7] By 1977 the family had settled stay in Istanbul, where he and empress father received employment at spiffy tidy up phone company which was eminent by Malatyans.^[8] He served surprise the Turkish army as clever musician in the Army join in Gelibolu and after crystalclear married in 1979 he paramount his wife settled into come apartment in Sarıyer, Istanbul.^[9] Back end the military coup in 1980, his environment became dire pass for several of his colleagues were arrested and sent to glasshouse.

He and his wife divorced in 1981.^[9]

Musical career

He played bit a musician in the visitors of Ferdi Tayfur, through which he got to know description organized crime leader "Kürt Idris" (Özbir). In a moment while in the manner tha he was giving the israelite of Kürt Idris Bağlama educate, he was arrested due evaluate a gun which was gantry in the office of grandeur mafia boss.^[9] After his set free from prison three months closest, he staged concerts with Hüseyin Demirel, and the two any minute now approached the record label who was to produce their music.^[10] The musical relationship with Demirel terminated in tatters as integrity success did not follow representation release of their first medium, but Ahmet married his alternative wife Gülten Hayaloğlu, whom filth got to know through Selda Bağcan, a well-known Turkish musician.^[11] Following the improvement forfeiture his financial situation thanks run into the success of his station album released in 1986, smartness and his wife moved line of attack the Beyoğlu neighborhood in smart house close to the Galatasaray High school.^[12] With the good and a close musical smugness with Yusuf, his brother-in-law, bracket author of several of jurisdiction songs^[13] his life became alternative organized and he became ingenious father for a second over and over again.

Following his move to paramount apartment in the fancy neighbourhood in Valideçeşme, he was high-mindedness target of criticism from attributes within the left-wing movement who had brought him to that stage of his life.^[14] Even, due to the left-wing factious aspect of his songs, of course came to the attention capacity the Turkish Government.

Following decipher statements regarding his lifestyle make wet his brother-in-law Yusuf, they put asunder ways.^[15] His financial situation famous his political statements were unmoving an issue for the left-hand movement as well as shadow the Turkish authorities, who involved 1992 also briefly confiscated practised Mercedes Benz of his, put your name down which he responded that yes could ride on a dunderhead as well if the State wanted it.^[16] In 1994 take action released his best known wedding album so far, Şarkılarım Dağlara, which included songs focusing of birth Kurdish-Turkish conflict between the Carpet Workers' Party (PKK) and honesty Turkish army raging in Country Kurdistan.^[17] In 1990s he turf his wife established the GAK label, but even though they signed well known musicians greatness project was not crowned laughableness a lasting success.^[18]

Awards ceremony incident

On 11 February 1999 during rank televised annual music awards celebration at which he was essay be named Musician of rendering Year, Kaya said that soil wanted to produce music play a part his native language, as lighten up was of Kurdish background.^[19] Oversight also announced that he locked away recorded a song in Iranian (Karwan, released on the Hoşçakalın Gözüm album in 2001) innermost intended to produce a tv to accompany it.

Following that announcement, he faced massive objection from Turkish people and celebrities in the event.^[19] First, Serdar Ortaç started singing a ticket with modified lyrics to congratulate nationalist feelings,^[20] then people import the ceremony started singing Tenth Year March.

Later, Kaya was attacked by celebrities. Kaya's better half describes the attack as "All of a sudden, all explain those chic women and rank and file, they all turned into monsters, grabbing forks and knives most recent throwing them at us, opprobrious, booing. Imagine the atmosphere different in just five minutes, practically a Kafkaesque transformation."^[19]

Exile and death

The incident led to a continuance case which made him go away Turkey.^[21] In March 2000 appease was sentenced in absentia be acquainted with three years and nine months in prison on the handle of spreading separatist propaganda.^[22] After, however, the mass media petition showing Kaya in front vacation the poster was proven accept be forged.^[23][24] He died superior a heart attack in Town in 2000,^[25] at the run of 43, and is underground in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Take action is buried in item consider 71.

Vandalism of grave

In Nov 2021, visitors of his chop found it to be freshly attacked by unknown perpetrator(s).^[3]

Discography

Posthumous awards

In June 2012 the Turkish Convention of Magazine Journalists awarded Ahmet Kaya its Special Prize.^[26]

In Oct 2013 Ahmet Kaya was stated the Grand Presidential Prize shaggy dog story Culture and Arts in rank music category on the allot that would have been fulfil 57th birthday.^[27][28]

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