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2 unusual facts about Kalan Müzik


Kalan Müzik

It was named after the pre-1936 name of the town of Tunceli (its founder's birthplace), but also means "Surviving Music" in Turkish.

Because laws passed after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état banned songs in minority languages, especially in Kurdish (deeming them separatist), Kalan's output has sometimes met governmental opposition.



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