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.
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 Flygtningehjælp) on the occassion of the 60-years-day for the UN Human Rights Declaration on 24 October 2008 at Borups Højskole in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Video recording and editing by Mik Aidt, Freemuse
Duration: 4:31 minutes
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Turkish musician Fuat Talay explains (in Danish language) about his personal experiences with music censorship in Turkey which led to his imprisonment and exile
Baglama-player and singer Fuat Talay speaks 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
