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Grup Yorum

Formed in Istanbul, Turkey in 1985, Grup Yorum is a Kurdish group founded by students from Marmara University. Combining Kurdish folk and Turkish folk with political lyrics, the original quartet of friends formed Grupo Yorum as a reaction to a military coup that took place on September 12, 1980, which had enabled the Turkish Armed Forces to seize power and establish an authoritarian political regime. Alongside music, they also publish a magazine that focuses on art, culture, and literature as well as music. With lyrics sung in Kurdish, Arabic, Circassian, and Turkish, their music...