Ferhat Tunç

Ferhat Tunç
Birth name	Ferhat Tunç Yoslun
Born	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.

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.^[1]

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

References

1. Johannes Theurer (list compiler) (1 August 2012). "World Music Charts Europe August 2012". Worldmusic Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 1 August 2012.