Muhlis Akarsu Explained

Background:	person
Muhlis Akarsu
Birth Date:	20 February 1948
Occupation:	Folk singer

Muhlis Akarsu (20 February 1948  - 2 July 1993) was a Turkish folk singer and Bağlama player.^[1] He was killed, along with 34 others, during the Sivas massacre in Sivas, Turkey when a group of Islamist rioters set fire to the hotel where the victims had gathered for the Pir Sultan Abdal festival.^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of Turkish musicians
• List of massacres in Turkey

External links

• Web site: Sivas Massacre and Turkey's Persecution of the Alevi Community . uscirf.gov . United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography Muhlis Akarsu . muhlisakarsu.com . 4 June 2022 . tr.
2. News: Turkish state found responsible for 1993 Sivas massacre . 4 June 2022 . . 15 July 2014.
3. News: The Madimak hotel is to be bought by government . 4 June 2022 . . 18 June 2010.
4. Web site: Victims of 1993 Sivas massacre commemorated . stockholmcf.org . . 4 June 2022 . 2 July 2020.