| Ahmet Kaya | |
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| Born | October 28, 1956 Malatya, Turkey |
| Died | November 16, 2000 (aged 44) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, poet |
| Instrument(s) | Bağlama, Singing |
| Years active | 1985–2000 |
| Website | www.ahmetkaya.com |
Ahmet Kaya (28 October 1956 – 16 November 2000) was a Kurdish poet, singer, and a leading artist in Turkey. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Malatya ( Hittite: Melid; Greek: Μαλάτεια Malateia; Armenian: Մալաթիա Malatia; Kurdish: Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The bağlama is a stringed Musical instrument shared by various Cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
He was born in Malatya, Turkey on 28 October 1956 to a Kurdish family . Malatya ( Hittite: Melid; Greek: Μαλάτεια Malateia; Armenian: Մալաթիա Malatia; Kurdish: Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Some of his most popular songs include "Protect Yourself", "My Heart is Bleeding", "A Strange Man", "Ayrılık Vakti", Koçero, and Ağladıkça ("As We Cry").
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Career of Ahmet Kaya
Ahmet Kaya is the youngest of five children born to a working class Kurdish family in Malatya, Turkey. Malatya ( Hittite: Melid; Greek: Μαλάτεια Malateia; Armenian: Մալաթիա Malatia; Kurdish: Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches He first encountered music at age 9 in primary school. Ahmet Kaya worked for a while as a taxi driver in Istanbul before becoming well-known as a singer in the mid-1980s. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
His first album, Ağlama Bebeğim, was released in 1985. Ağlama Bebeğim is Ahmet Kaya 's first album released in 1985 His popularity continued to rise into the 1990s when in 1994 he relased the album Şarkılarım Dağlara which was sold a record 2. 8 million copies. All of his 1990 albums to chart-toppers.
During his career he recorded about 20 albums and was known for his protest music and positions on social justice. Most of his work is in Turkish. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Recurring themes in his songs are love towards one's mother, sacrifice, and hope.
Awards controversy
At a 1999 televised annual music awards ceremony, SHOW TV, at which he was to be named Musician of the Year, he spoke out about his 'Kurdish' background and said that he wanted to produce music in his native Kurdish as naturally as he does in Turkish. He announced that he had recorded a song in Kurdish (Kerwan, released on the Hoşçakalın Gözüm album in 2001) and intended to produce a video to accompany it. At this event he was attacked by some Turkish singers because of his stance on the use of Kurdish. However, some of the same singers were among the first people to make Kurdish albums when the government gave in to pressure from Europe to relax the restrictions on the use of Kurdish language.
Exile and death
Kaya went to France in June 1999 escaping various charges arising from his political views. Among them were the accusations that he had performed in front of a poster for the Kurdistan Workers Party at a 1993 concert in Germany, and that he had made statements in support of Abdullah Öcalan and had referred to Turkey as a "dishonourable people's country". The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK It is listed as a terrorist Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan ( born April 4 1948 is the founding leader of the Kurdish party Kurdistan Workers Party In March 2000 he was sentenced in absentia to three years and nine months in prison on the charge of spreading separatist propaganda. He died of a heart attack in Paris in 2000, at the age of 44, and is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery. Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise officially cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery" is the largest Cemetery in the city of Paris He is survived by his wife Gülten.
Discography
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References
- Turkish, Kurdish, and French biography
- Interview with Ahmet Kaya
- Interview with Gülten Kaya, Ahmet Kaya's wife
- Documentary about Ahmet Kaya
Further reading
- Ferzende, Kaya. Ağlama Bebeğim is Ahmet Kaya 's first album released in 1985 Başım Belada. TR: Gam. ISBN 975-6628-19-7.
External links
- Kurdish Videos, Funny videos, Kurdish Clips
- Free Kurdish Music - Over 10, 000 songs at DaholOZirna.com
- Kurdish Music Videos - Over 100, 000 videos at kurdishvideos.org
- (French) His biographical information by Kurdish Institute of Paris
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