Ahmet Kaya

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Ahmet Kaya
BornOctober 28, 1957
DiedNovember 16, 2000
Paris, France
NationalityTurkish

Ahmet Kaya (October 28, 1957 – November 16, 2000) was a singer from Turkey. He was associated with the Kurdish people's independence struggle. His mother is Turkish and his father Kurdish.

In June 2012 the Turkish Association of Magazine Journalists awarded Ahmet Kaya its Special Prize.[1]

In October 2013 Ahmet Kaya was given the Grand Presidential Prize in Culture and Arts.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Müjgan Halis (18 June 2012). "Ahmet Kaya'dan özür dileyecekler!". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. Aydın Hasan (29 October 2013). "Köşk'ün ödülü Ahmet Kaya'ya". Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.