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Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi
''Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi'' ("The Legend of Mt Ararat") is a 1971 Turkish-language opera by Çetin Işıközlü. Mount Ararat is Mount Ağrı, Ağrı Dağı, in Turkish ( :wikt:ağrı can also mean "pain", "affliction"). The plot is based on the 1970 epic novel of the same name, ''Ağrıdağı Efsanesi'', by Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candid ....Evin İlyasoğlu '' 71 Turkish composers''- Page 170 - 2007 Operas Op.4 Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi / The Legend of Ararat (Yaşar Kemal'in romanı üstüne/after the novel of Yaşar Kemal), 1971" Recordings *''Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi'' Ankara State Opera & Ballet Orchestra, Erol Erdinc References {{DEFAULTSORT:Agri Dagi Efsanesi Turkish-language operas 1971 operas Mount Ararat ...
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Çetin Işıközlü
Çetin Işıközlü (1939) is a Turkish composer. His works included the opera '' Gülbahar''.Sokol Shupo ''Art music in the Balkans'' Page 195 - 2004 - "On the other hand, Cetin Isikozlu (1939) is one of the forthcoming composers of 1970s and 1980's. Isikozlu concentrated his compositional creativity in the field of opera and ballet. He studied composition and conducting at the " Works * ''The Legend of Mount Ararat'' 1959, premiered 1969 opera * Judith - ballet based on the tale of Judith and Holofernes. Recordings * ''Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi ''Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi'' ("The Legend of Mt Ararat") is a 1971 Turkish-language opera by Çetin Işıközlü. Mount Ararat is Mount Ağrı, Ağrı Dağı, in Turkish ( :wikt:ağrı can also mean "pain", "affliction"). The plot is based on the 1 ... - The Legend of Mount Ararat'' Ankara State Opera & Ballet Orchestra, Erol Erdinc References {{DEFAULTSORT:Isikozlu, Cetin Turkish composers Turkish opera composers 1939 births Livin ...
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YaÅŸar Kemal
Yaşar Kemal (; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of his 1955 novel ''Memed, My Hawk''. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the oppression of the Kurdish people. He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for ''Der Spiegel'' highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish–Kurdish conflict. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for another article he wrote criticising racism in Turkey, especially against the Kurds. Early life and education Yaşar Kemal was born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli to Sadık and Nigâr on 6 October 1923 in Hemite (now Gökçedam), a Turkmen hamlet ...
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Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat, also known as Masis or Mount Ağrı, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey, easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian highlands with an elevation of ; Little Ararat's elevation is . The Ararat massif is about wide at ground base. The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829. In Europe, the mountain has been called by the name Ararat since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with "mountains of Ararat" described in the Bible as the resting-place of Noah's Ark, despite contention that does not refer specifically to a Mount Ararat. Although lying outside the borders of modern Armenia, the mountain is the principal national symbol of Armenia and has been considered a sacred mountain by ...
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Turkish-language Operas
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia. The Turkic langua ..., a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrat ...
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1971 Operas
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ...
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