Nizamettin Ariç is a contemporary Kurdish singer, composer and director. He was exposed to traditional Kurdish bard music or dengbêj 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.
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Filmography 3
A Song for Beko
Story of a Day
Kurban Olduğum10 credits on file
Television 1
kurd IdolConnected to Nizamettin 3
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About this person
Nizamettin Ariç is a contemporary Kurdish singer, composer and director. He was exposed to traditional Kurdish bard music or dengbêj 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 political asylum in Germany and has resided in Berlin since.
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