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Also known as Angel Jordanov Kapsov

Ciguli (1 March 1957 – 31 October 2014) (born Angel Jordanov Kapsov; ) was a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk) singer and accordionist of Turkish-Romani descent, who became popular in Turkey.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Türkiye
Active from
1957
Active to
2014-10-31
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His real name is Ahmet and nickname is adapted from a car model of Lada. He was born in Bulgaria but speaks both Turkish and Bulgarian very well. He is a great acordeon and vocal artist. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ciguli">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Ciguli (1 March 1957 – 31 October 2014) (born Angel Jordanov Kapsov; ) was a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk) singer and accordionist of Turkish-Romani descent, who became popular in Turkey.

His real name was Ahmet. However, at the time of his birth, Bulgarian authorities did not allow Turks to use their own name. Thus, they refused to register his real name in registry, although his family continued to call him Ahmet. His name was registered as Angel Jordanov Kapsov. Because of the speed and agility with which he played the accordion, he earned the nickname 'Ciguli'—a reference to the Zhiguli VAZ-2101, a Soviet-made sedan that was immensely popular in Bulgaria at the time.

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