Turkey’s ‘diva of the republic’ dies aged 96
Muzeyyen Senar was born in 1918 in the final years of the Ottoman Empire and her talent as a singer of traditional Turkish classical music was recognised rapidly.
By AFP | Istanbul
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Turkish traditional music singer Muzeyyen Senar, know as the “diva” of the modern republic and whose career spanned half a century, died on Sunday. She was 96.
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