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FUAT TALAY
(Turkey)
29 October 2008

Turkish musician Fuat Talay explains about his personal experiences with music censorship in Turkey which led to his imprisonment and exile.

The interview was held in connection with a ‘Concert against music censorship’ which was organised by the Danish Refugee Council in Copenhagen on 24 October 2008.
 

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Fuat Talay performed together with Mashti and their band.



This excerpt of the interview by Annemette Kirkegaard with Fuat Talay was recorded in connection with Fuat Talay's concert at the event entitled 'Concert against music censorship' which was organised by the Danish Refugee Council (Dansk Flygtningehjĉlp) on the occassion of the 60-years-day for the UN Human Rights Declaration on 24 October 2008 at Borups Hĝjskole in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Video recording and editing by Mik Aidt, Freemuse
 


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Pervaiz Akhtar – musician from Pakistan, based in Denmark



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Photos from the evening event with performances, video statements and live interviews about music censorship. Photographer: Rikke Tina Ulnits





Interview article:
Fuat Talay: ‘I escaped and cannot return’


Baglama-player and singer Fuat Talay doesn't make much noise about how the Turkish authorities kept him in a police station's cellar for 23 days, and later on convicted him to 12 years in prison. In July 2008 he is in the media limelight because of a new album, and Freemuse asked the singer to give a more detailed account of his experiences.

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