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FERHAT TUNÇ
Singer and composer (Turkey)15 January 2007 |
"In total, if you add all the court cases against me, that will add up to 10 and a half years imprisonment – if they all come to pass. But in spite of all this censorship, we continue to sing, we continue to express our thoughts and views..."
Ferhat Tunç |
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 Video of Ferhat Tunç's speech
during the session about music censorship in Turkey, entitled “Crossing the Bridge”, at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul in November 2006. Ferhat Tunç is introduced by the moderator of the session, Sanar Yurdatapan.
[Duration: 7:02] |
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Ferhat Tunç is considered one of Turkey's foremost Kurdish musicians, but he is constantly threatened by Turkish authorities and harassed by militant death squads. |
Video of Ferhat Tunç performing
when he was in Denmark to meet with leading parliamentarians and high level representatives from Amnesty, Pen and Danish Arts organisations in February 2006.
[Duration: 0:12] |
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| Read more on freemuse.org |
| Turkey: Singer Ferhat Tunç acquitted |
| The Turkish-Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunc could leave Izmir High Criminal Court as a free man on 4 October 2007. The Freemuse delegation succeeded it's mission |
| 04 October 2007 |
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| Turkey: EU Commission to observe Tunç Trial |
| Senior Political Advisor Ms Selma Kiliçer from the EU Commission office in Ankara will observe the trial against Ferhat Tunç - and thus join the Freemuse delegation |
| 03 October 2007 |
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| Ferhat Tunç campaign 2007 |
| International campaign in support of musician on trial for remarks on Kurdish issue. Freemuse request the Turkish State to drop its case against singer Ferhat Tunç |
| 02 October 2007 |
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| Turkey: Delegation in support of Ferhat Tunç |
| EU-politician and famous Danish musician join Freemuse delegation, travelling to attend the court case in Turkey against Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunç on 4 October 2007 |
| 27 September 2007 |
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| Turkey: Ferhat Tunç continues his struggle |
| Despite death threats and continuous court cases, Turkish singer and writer Ferhat Tunç continues to critisise the Turkish court system and the government |
| 25 June 2007 |
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| Ferhat Tunç: speech - November 2006 |
| Video of speech by Kurdish-Turkish musician and composer Ferhat Tunç, held in Istanbul in November 2006 at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference |
| 15 January 2007 |
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| Stephan Smith-Said |
| Video interview with the American musician and political activist Stephan Smith-Said (and others) about the importance of music and of fighting music censorship |
| 06 December 2006 |
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| Ferhat Tunc meets Danish MP’s |
| Kurdish singer met leading parliamentarians and high level representatives from Amnesty, Pen and Danish Arts organizations in Copenhagen. |
| 01 February 2006 |
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