When, Where and On What Date Did Ahmet Kaya Die? Who is Ahmet Kaya, Where is he from?

Ahmet Kaya, who appeared with 'Crying Baby' in 1985, became one of the most listened singers in the 21s and 80s with 90 albums he released afterwards. Artist Ahmet Kaya, who died 22 years ago today in Paris, is commemorated on his death anniversary. So, where and how did Ahmet Kaya die? Who is Ahmet Kaya?

Who is Ahmet Kaya, where and how did he die?

Ahmet Kaya left Paris, the capital of France, where he had to go after the lynching he was exposed to on the night of the Magazine Journalists' Association, which he joined on February 10, 1999. In doing so, I will only draw strength from myself. Even if the cost is to tear me away from the lands I live in, from my country, from my people, from my job, from my family, from my loved ones, I will always hang my jacket in the rains.” He conveyed his feelings with his words.

Ahmet Kaya died at the age of 16 on November 2000, 43, as a result of a heart attack at his home in the Porte de Versailles district of Paris, while recording his album Goodbye's Eye. He was buried in Paris's Père Lachaise Cemetery, section 17, with a ceremony attended by over 2000 people on 30.000 November 71.

Ahmet Kaya was born in Malatya in 1957 as the fifth child of a Kurdish family. He is originally from Adıyaman. His father was a worker at the Sümerbank weaving factory. He attended primary school in Malatya. He met music at the age of six with the baglama that his father gave him. He started working in a store that sold records and cassettes in his remaining time from school. Due to his family's financial difficulties, he immigrated to Istanbul Kocamustafapaşa in 1972 and had to drop out of school. He worked as a peddler and apprenticed in various workplaces. During this period, he experienced the difficulties of moving from a small settlement to a big city and getting used to it.