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Ahmet Kaya (October 28, 1957 & ndash; November 16, 2000) Kurdish singer from Malatya , Turkey , who died on November 16, 2000 in exile in Paris .Costas M. Constantinou, Cultures and Politics of Global Communication , Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-72711-2, He formerly sang in Turkish language|Turkish . Some of his most popular songs include Ayrilik Vakti , Söyle , Agladikça , Oy Benim Canim , Birazdan Kudurur Deniz , Arka Mahalle , Nereden Bileceksiniz , Hani Benim Gençligim , Yakarim Geceleri and Safak Türküsü .

Career

Ahmet Kaya was the fifth and last child of his Kurdish people|Kurdish father, who had immigrated from Adiyaman to Malatya, and Turkish people|Turkish mother. He first encountered music at the age of six when his father bought him a baglama for his birthday. Ahmet Kaya worked for a while as a taxi driver in Istanbul before becoming well known as a singer in the mid-1980s.

His first album, Aglama Bebegim , was released in 1985. His popularity continued to rise into the 1990s when in 1994 he released the album Sarkilarim Daglara which was sold a record 2.8 million copies. All of his 1990 albums to chart-toppers.

During his career he recorded approximately 20 albums and was known for his protest music and positions on social justice. Recurring themes in his songs are love towards one's mother, sacrifice, and hope.

Awards controversy

At 10 February 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 ( Karwan , released on the Hosçakalin Gözüm album in 2001) and intended to produce a video to accompany it. Because of making the announcement he was treated like a monster by some famous singers, actors, producers, journalists after his talk. This was led by Serdar Ortac who years later apologized for his behavior and the crowd also started singing the Turkish national anthem. This was an incident which led to a prosecution case which made him leave Turkey. http://www.kurdishherald.com/issue/v002/001/article02.php

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 . http://www.video75.com/vd.php? i=k3hv51 In March 2000 he was sentenced in absentia to three years and nine months in prison on the charge of spreading separatist propaganda. Later, however, the visual media central to allegations demonstrating Kaya in front of the poster was proven to be forged. He died of a heart attack in Paris in 2000, at the age of 43, and is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery.

Discography

Aglama Bebegim (1985)

Acilara Tutunmak (1985)

Safak Türküsü (1986)

An Gelir (1986)

Yorgun Demokrat (1987)

Baskaldiriyorum (1988)

Resitaller-1 (1989)

Iyimser Bir Gül - Kod Adi Bahtiyar (1989)

Resitaller-2 (1990)

Sevgi Duvari (1990)

Basim Belada (1991)

Dokunma Yanarsin (1992)

Tedirgin (1993)

Sarkilarim Daglara (1994)

Beni Bul (1995)

Yildizlar ve Yakamoz (1996)

Dosta Düsmana Karsi (1998)

Posthumous:

Hosçakalin Gözüm (2001)

Biraz da Sen Agla (2003)

Kalsin Benim Davam (2005)

Gözlerim Bin Yasinda (2006)

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