Ferhat Tunç

Ferhat Tunç
Birth name	Ferhat Tunç Yoslun
Born	(1964-03-14) 14 March 1964 Ovacık, Tunceli, Turkey
Genres	Turkish folk music, Kurdish folk music, Zazaki folk music, Alevite folk music, Protest song
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, Writer
Instruments	Bağlama, Singing
Website	www.ferhattunc.net

Ferhat Tunç is a Zaza-Kurdish musician from Turkey.

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Ferhat Tunç in Oslo, August 2012

The Zaza-Kurdish, Alevi muslim, Turkish national singer Ferhat Tunç was born in 1964 in the city of Tunceli, in Turkey's eastern province of Tunceli.

His album Dersim - Kirmanciye Laments of 2012 reached number 9 of World Music Charts Europe in July 2012 and number 10 in August.

Discography

• "Kızılırmak" in Germany (1982)
• "Bu Yürek Bu Sevda Var İken" in Germany (1984)
• "Vurgunum Hasretine" (1986)
• "Ay Işığı Yana Yana" (1987)
• "Yaşam Direnmektir" (1988)
• "İstanbul Konserleri-1" (1988)
• "Vuruldu" (1989)
• "Gül Vatan" (1990)
• "Ateş Gibi" (1991)
• "İstanbul Konserleri-2" (1992)
• "Firari Sevdam" (1993)
• "Özlemin Dağ Rüzgarı" (1994)
• "Kanı Susturun" (1995)
• "Kayıp" (1997)
• "Kavgamın Çiçeği" (1999)
• "Her Mevsim Bahardır" (2000)
• "Şarkılarım Tanıktır" (2002)
• "Nerdesin Ey Kardeşlik" (2003)
• "Sevmek Bir Eylemdir" (2005)
• "Ateşte Sınandık" (2006)
• "Çığlıklar Ülkesi" (2009)
• "Listen to the Banned" (2010)

Honor

• 3 March World Freemusic Award winner by Censorship of music- in London's Royal Institute of British Architects, 25 March 2010

External links

• Ferhat Tunc Profile
• Ferhat Tunc Fan Clup