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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 ...]
,
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 ...
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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
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