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Memory of legendary Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparyan honored in Turkish Parliament

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 17:41, 8 July, 2021

YEREVAN, JULY 8, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Turkey has honored the memory of legendary Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparyan.

Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Meral Danis Bestas said during one of the sessions that the famous Armenian duduk player has passed away at the age of 93.

“Gasparyan, whose life was full of pain and longing, merged his grief with the sound of duduk and told us about life. We remember him with respect and gratitude”, the lawmaker said.

The Turkish media have also reacted to the news about the death of Jivan Gasparyan.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS