Muhlis Akarsu | |
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Born | 20 February 1948 |
Died | 2 July 1993 | (aged 45)
Occupation(s) | 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]