Ahmet Kaya

Three siblings were killed and five cousins injured just outside the southeastern city of Siirt after their car hit a police tank at the intersection of the Kk industrial site at 5 a.m. on Sunday. Read More

Recently obtained footage of a 1999 concert by Kurdish folk singer Ahmet Kaya shows that, contrary to past claims, the singer did not promote the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or pose in front of a poster of the terrorist group's now-jailed leader. Read More

Recordings of the last concert tour in Turkey by Kurdish protest musician Ahmet Kaya, before his death in Paris in November 2000, have been released in a special DVD set this month via the label GültenAhmetMelis Production, a record company founded by the musician's widow, Gülten Kaya. The DVD set, titled lkemde Son Turnem" (my last tour in my country), features concert recordings of 17 songs by Kaya, who died at the age of 43 during a self-imposed exile to escape several charges arising from his political views. Read More