Ahmet Kaya, a protest singer who died in 2000, was posthumously selected to receive the 2013 Grand Presidency Prize in Culture and Arts. “This year, Ahmet Kaya was posthumously selected for the music ...

Having lost his life in exile in France's capital city of Paris, Kurdish musician Ahmet Kaya’s grave has been attacked; the grave stones have been broken down. The perpetrator or perpetrators have ...

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who was active during 1980s-90s, has been given a Presidential Grand Award in music. President Abdullah Gul nominated Kaya for the Grand Award "for his ability to bring people from different ...

Turkish Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis who is currently in the French capital of Paris for formal talks visited the graves of Turkish folk singer Ahmet Kaya and actor Yilmaz ...

Ahmet Kaya, late Kurdish singer who was active during 1980s-90s, was remembered on the 14th anniversary of his death at a ceremony held in Paris on Sunday. Kaya was immensely popular in 90s, but had ...

It seems not even Adele is immune to accusations of copying someone else's song. The singer's third album has sold millions of copies in Britain and the US, smashing records along the way. Around ...

Police have detained 11 people in the western province of Manisa for throwing forks and stones at pop singer Serdar Ortaç during a concert, in retribution for the musician's similar act toward ...

In 1999 the famous folk singer was awarded one of Turkey's most prestigious musical awards. But it was a night that changed his life, as his widow, Gulten Kaya recalls. Show more In 1999 the famous ...

In 1999 the famous folk singer was awarded one of Turkey's most prestigious musical awards. But his announcement at the ceremony that he would record a song in his native Kurdish spelt the end of his ...