Ahmet Kaya
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Ahmet Kaya was a Turkish Kurd folk music artist. Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities. Kaya left Turkey in an act of self-exile, and moved to France, where he would s
Dosta Düşmana Karşı album cover photo, 1998
An homage in graffiti to the power of Ahmet Kaya's voice in Okmeydanı, Istanbul: "The only drug taken through the ear is Ahmet Kaya."
Bağlama
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The bağlama or saz is a long-necked fretted lute used in the folk music of Turkey and neighbouring regions of the Balkans, Middle East and Central Asia. It belongs to the wider family of long-necked l
Different sizes of bağlama: Cura (left, smallest) and Çöğür bağlaması/Tambura Bağlaması (right, middle sized)
Asik Veysel was a bağlama virtuoso, and the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century.
Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız from the band Altın Gün performs with an electric bağlama.