Kâzım Koyuncu
Kâzım Koyuncu (November 7, 1971 – June 25, 2005) was a Turkish singer-songwriter and activist of Laz origin. He was born in a village called Yeşilköy, Hopa/Artvin. Koyuncu recorded songs in a number of languages spoken along the northeastern Black Sea coast of Turkey, as well as the language of Laz.
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Kâzım Koyuncu
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- Name
- Kâzım Koyuncu
- Born
- 7 November 1971
- Died
- 25 June 2005
- Birthplace
- Hopa, Artvin, Turkey
- Place of death
- Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter, activist
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Fields
- rock music
- Languages
- Turkish
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He was the founder and singer of Zuğaşi Berepe ("The Children of the Sea"), a folk rock group founded in 1993. Following the group's break-up in 2000, Koyuncu went on to record two solo albums, Viya! In 2001 and Hayde in 2004, which proved to be popular across Turkey and also in Georgia. He died during treatment for testicular cancer in 2005. Although strongly denied by Health Minister Recep Akdağ, it is popularly thought that the Chernobyl disaster was the cause of Koyuncu's cancer, a sentiment shared by many locals on Turkey's Black Sea coast. He primarily sang in Laz language and his most famous songs were also in Laz. His albums also contain several songs in Turkish, Georgian and Megrelian. He fought for nature and was against the construction of a nuclear reactor at Sinop on the northern Black Sea coast of Turkey. He was a well-known activist in environmental and cultural issues. According to a review in Daily Sabah in 2015, "Koyuncu's audience is an interesting combination of leftists and environmentalists, rock music seekers and people of Black Sea origin."
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Kâzım Koyuncu died in 2005 in Istanbul.
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• Name — Kâzım Koyuncu • Born — 7 November 1971 • Died — 25 June 2005 • Birthplace — Hopa, Artvin, Turkey • Place of death — Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey • Genre — Rock, folk rock, Rock and roll • Occupation — Singer-songwriter, activist • Years Active — 1992–2005 • Website — www.kazimkoyuncu.net • Past Member Of — Zuğaşi Berepe • Alias — Şair Ceketli Çocuk
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Kâzım Koyuncu lived from 1971 to 2005 and was a musician. Kâzım Koyuncu was born in 1971.
with Zuğaşi Berepe
with Zuğaşi Berepe
• 1995: Va Mişkunan ("We Don't Know" in Laz) • 1998: İgzas ("You Are Leaving" in Laz) • 1998: Bruxel Live
with Grup Dinmeyen
with Grup Dinmeyen
• 1996: Sisler Bulvarı (Boulevard of Mists)
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Solo albums
• 2001: Viya! • 2004: Hayde • 2006: Dünyada Bir Yerdeyim (released posthumously)
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Kâzım Koyuncu died in 2005 at Istanbul.
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