TURKEY’S FAMOUS ROCK SINGER FACED DIFFICULTIES ON REVEALING HIS ARMENIAN IDENTITY (VIDEO)
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February 14, 2012 | 00:10
ISTANBUL. – Turkey’s famous rock singer Yasar Kurt, revealing his
Armenian identity at the age of 40, told what was the surrounding’s
response after knowing the truth.
He told that everything was confused after revealing his Armenian
origin.
“I was excited for 1.5 years and got very angry. Why it happened so?
Why I was unaware?” Kurt said.
According to him, the elder relatives accepted his Armenian origin
news normal, while the younger ones stricter. There were even people
who told him to go to Armenia, which disclosed the real face of
those people.
The singer was born in Istanbul and started to learn Armenian on
knowing his real identity. Armenian News-NEWS.am presents Nefrete
Kine KarÅ~_ı (I could not put up with) the joint song by Yasar Kurt
and Arto Tunjboyajian.
From: Baghdasarian
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