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__NOTOC__ Nesimi Çimen (1931 – 2 July 1993) was a Turkish folk singer and poet. He was killed, along with 34 others, during the Sivas massacre in
Sivas Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.İl Beledi ...
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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
when a group of Islamist rioters set fire to the hotel where the victims had gathered for the
Pir Sultan Abdal Pir Sultan Abdal (born Haydar) was a prominent Turkish poeta b Gülseren Özdemir. "Pîr Sultan Abdal Animizm İnançlar" (PDF). Çukurova University. 2 February 2014. Accessed: 5 November 2008. and an important religious figure in Alevism of T ...
festival.


See also

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List of Turkish musicians This is a list of Turkish musicians, musicians born in Turkey or who have Turkish citizenship or residency. 600s Born * Dede Korkut 800s Born *al-Farabi 1200s Born *Yunus Emre * Safi al-Din al-Urmawi 1300s Born *Abd al-Qadir Maraghi 1400s Bor ...
* List of massacres in Turkey


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* 1931 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Turkish poets Turkish folk singers Turkish murder victims People murdered in Turkey Mass murder victims Deaths from fire 20th-century Turkish folk musicians {{Turkey-poet-stub