Genocide Sacrilege

Amongst a few interesting stories on Azg is this piece about Turkish singer Seden Gurel and her rendition of the Armenian song "Adana Lamentation".

Sibel Alas is the author of the words, and Istanbul Armenian Shirak Shahrikian's duduk accompanies the song. The latter's participation in this sacrilege aroused the indignation of the Armenian community in Istanbul. Shahrikian wrote an article in Turkish for www.bolsahays.com Armenian website trying to justify himself where he says that the Armenians' disapproval was expressed by numerous phone calls. Seden Gurel, in her turn, wrote a letter in September of 2004 where she tries to convince that the aim of the song was to tell the Turkish people of the Genocide (Gurel used the word "soykirim" - genocide - thus recognizing the Armenian genocide).

The bolsahay website contains an article about this (in Turkish). Azg goes on to say that Turkish TV broadcast this song on April 24th.

Posted by Matt on January 12, 2005 | TrackBack | Email to a friend