Turkusu -ahmet Kaya- Updated | Safak

Forty years after its release, "Safak Turkusu" remains relevant. Ahmet Kaya tragically passed away in exile in 2000, after a controversial incident in 1999 that forced him to leave Turkey. Yet, during his funeral in Paris, and in every subsequent memorial concert in Istanbul or Diyarbakır, this song is the emotional climax.

Whenever you hear that opening guitar chord, know that you are listening to the most beautiful dirge ever written for the forgotten. Safak Turkusu is immortal because the longing for home, justice, and peace is immortal. Safak Turkusu -Ahmet Kaya-