17 years ago Ahmet Kaya passed away in Paris. Kaya was a celebrated singer in Turkey until he announced at an event that he is a Kurd & will sing in Kurdish in his next album. He was attacked & lynched by artists, media. This's video of the night he made the announcement.pic.twitter.com/xjxp7W5Bjc
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Ahmet Kaya spoke up for Erdogan when Erdogan was sentence to prison in 1999 (video). In 2010, Erdogan said: "Had not been for Kaya, I wouldn't have learnt meaning of freedom" (video) Erdogan now backtracks on pro-democracy policies to gain Turkish nationalist support.pic.twitter.com/DBVGs4fDtk
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11:34 PM - 16 Nov 2017
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