Nizamettin Ariç (; born 1956 in
Ağrı
Ağrı (; ) is a city in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. It is the seat of Ağrı Province and Ağrı District. ,
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) is a contemporary
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
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**Southern ...
singer, composer and director. He was exposed to traditional Kurdish
bard
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music or ''
dengbêj
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'' at an early age, but until 1980 was professionally active as a singer of Turkish-language folksongs, including songs that he himself had translated from Kurdish to Turkish. In 1976, he began performing for Ankara Radio. In 1979, at a concert in his hometown of Ağrı, he sang a love song in Kurdish, and was arrested for spreading propaganda. Upon finding he was to be sentenced to 5–15 years, he sought
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in
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and has resided in
Berlin
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since.
Even though he was unable to perform in Turkey, as music critic Orhan Kahyaoğlu notes, Nizamettin Ariç's recordings have been influential on musicians in Turkey, especially
Kardeş Türküler (who has covered several of his songs), and film/TV music arranger Aytekin Gazi Ataş. His movie ''
A Song for Beko'' was one of the first films in the Kurdish language and has won 15 international awards.
Discography
Albums, Turkish language
Sources:
*''Telli Sazım'', Turkola, 1979
*''Ben Yetim'', Öncü Plak, 1980
*''Telli Sazım / Dertli Ağrı'', Aydın, 1986
*''Hazal Gelin'', Göksöy Plakçılık, 1986/1989
*''Tut Elimden Düşmeyelim'', Gema, precise year unknown (late 1990s)
*''Bekesamın/Kimsesizim'', Aydın, year unknown
Albums, Kurdish language
*''Berivan'', 1982
*''Çem'', 1982
*''Dilan'', 1983
*''Diyarbekir'', 1984
*''Çiyayên Me'', Ses Plak, 1985
*''Cûdî'', Ses Plak, 1986
*''Dayê'', Ses Plak, 1987
*''Zînê'', Ses Plak, 1988
*''Kurdistan 1988'', 1989
*''Ahmedo Roni'', 1991
*''Wêneyên Xewnan (Images Dreams)'', Ses Plak, 1993
*''Bê Kesa Min / Ahmedo Ronî'', Aydın Müzik, 1996
*''Kurdish Ballads 1'', 2001
*''Kurdish Ballads 2'', 2002
*''Azadi'', Kalan Müzik Yapım, 2011
*''Dertli Cemo'', Harika Müzik, year unknown
*''Rinda Min'', Aydın, year unknown
Filmography
Sources:
As director
*''
Klamek ji bo Beko
''Klamek ji bo Beko'' (''A Song for Beko'') is a 1992 film written and directed by Nizamettin Arıç, who is also among the cast. It is one of the first Kurdish films.
Plot
The odyssey of a Kurdish man (Beko) in search of his brother, who has fle ...
(A Song for Beko)'', 1992
As composer
*''Dilan'', dir.
Erden Kiral
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, 1987
*''Komitas'', dir.
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, 1989
*''Klamek ji bo Beko'', 1992
*''Dugun: Die Heirat'', dir. Ismet Elçi, 1993
*''
De Jongen die niet meer praatte (The Boy Who Stopped Talking)'', dir.
Ben Sombogaart
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His film '' Twin Sisters'' (2002) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
*''The Pocket-knife'' (''Het Zakmes'', 19 ...
, 1996
*''
Hoppet (The Jump)'', dir.
Petter Næss
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, 2007
*''5 No'lu Cezaevi: 1980-84'', documentary, dir.
Çayan Demirel
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, 2009
*''Ölücanlar'', documentary, dir. Murat Özçelik, 2010
*''A Long Night'', short, dir. Kamiran Betasi, 2014
*''Blister'', short, dir. Morteza Shams, 2018
As actor
*''Bir Günün Hikayesi (Story of a Day)'', 1980 (Nizam)
*''Kurban Oldugum'', 1982 (Halil)
*''Klamek ji bo Beko'', 1992 (Beko)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aric, Nizamettin
1956 births
People from Ağrı
Living people
Kurdish male singers
Turkish Kurdish people
Kurdish-language singers of Turkey
Kurdish composers
Kurdish film directors