Hasan Saltık
Hasan Saltık (; 1964 – 2 June 2021) was a Turkish record producer. He was the 1991 founder of Kalan Müzik, a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul specialized in releasing Saltık's recordings of traditional ethnic and folk music from Turkey and vicinity, sometimes against governmental opposition. In 2003, Saltık's work through Kalan made him a laureate of the international Prince Claus Awards on the theme "The survival and innovation of Crafts" for having "played a central role in the rescue, rediscovery and documentation of the cultural diversity of Turkish music". In 2004, he was called "The Anthropologist of Folk Music" by '' ''Time'' magazine. Biography Life In 1964, Hasan Saltık was born in Hozat, Tunceli, a small town in eastern Turkey to a Turkmen father and a Kurdish-Zaza mother.Turgut, op. cit. At age 11, he moved with his family to Istanbul. He went to music school but had to drop out in order to take jobs, and at age 19, he went to sea. At ...
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Hozat
Hozat ( ota, خوزات, ku, Xozat) is a small city and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. It has a population of 4,714. Seyfi Geyik from the Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ... (CHP) was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019. Kaymakam is Cuma Emeç. History In the 10th century, it was known as Chozanon ( el, Χόζανον), and formed a '' thema'' after its conquest by the Byzantine Empire shortly after 938. Near the city are the ruins of the Ergen church which according to Rudaw was erected by Armenians 1300 years ago. References Populated places in Tunceli Province Districts of Tunceli Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey {{Tunceli-geo-stub ...
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