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Nilüfer Akbal

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Turkish singer (born 1969)

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Type
Person
Country
TR
Active from
1967

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Listeners
1,439
Total plays
15,174

Tags

kurdishworldkurtcekurdistankurdish folk

Nilüfer Akbal is one of the leading women musicians of authentic folk music. Considering the difficulties of singing in her mother - tongue in Turkey, Nilüfer Akbal is a good example for the other musicians as she never made concessions. She usually sings in Zaza, which is her mother - tongue, in her albums as well as she sings in Turkish, Kurdish and Armenian. Nilüfer Akbal expresses her effort in reaching an universal level as follows: "These sounds are the apples, gold, rubies of our land

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Nilüfer
Gender
female
Citizenship
Turkey
Place of birth
Varto
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Turkish
Native language
Turkish
Instrument
voice
Image
Nilufer Akbal (cropped).png
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date of birth
1969-01-01
start of work period
1987-00-00
Commons category
Nilüfer Akbal
name in native language
Nilüfer Akbal
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