Sabahat Akkiraz

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Sabahat Akkiraz
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Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011 –7 June 2015
Musical career
GenresTurkish folk
Years active1983–present
Website sabahatakkiraz.com

Sabahat Akkiray (born 6 February 1955 in Sivas), better known as Sabahat Akkiraz, is a Turkish folk singer and former politician, who was a Member of Parliament for Istanbul between 2011 and 2015 from the Republican People's Party (CHP).

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Biography

Music career

Born to a music-orientated family in Kangal, Sivas, Akkiraz and her family moved to Germany during her childhood. After returning to Turkey, she released her first professional album, Şafak Söktü, in 1983. Since then, she has worked with several other artists such as Arif Sağ, Musa Eroğlu, Muhlis Akarsu, Aşık Daimi, Feyzullah Çınar and Davut Sulari. Known internationally for her contribution to Turkish folk music, she has given concerts around the world and has worked with singers from different countries to help with their albums. Akkiraz has worked with London-based world jazz group Grand Union Orchestra, [1] releasing an album, Echoes From Anatolia, and performing in their show Where The Rivers Meet at Sadler's Wells Theatre. [2]

Political career

In the 2011 general election in Turkey, Akkiraz was elected as an MP from İstanbul's 3rd electoral district from the opposition CHP. Following the Soma mine disaster in 2014, Akkiraz announced her resignation from Parliament for the June 2015 general election, stating that having a parliamentary seat did not give her the ability to change the direction of the country. [3] She proposed the joint resignation of all CHP MPs from Parliament as a protest against the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the then-Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Heining, Duncan (3 April 2012). "Grand Union Orchestra: Music And Movement". All About Jazz .
  2. ↑ "WHO'S WHO IN TURKISH CULTURE AND ART". Turkish Cultural Foundation.
  3. ↑ "CHP'li Sabahat Akkiraz istifa dilekçesini sundu". Sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "CHP'li Sabahat Akkiraz istifa dilekçesini sundu". Milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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