What is Ahmet Kaya?
{{orphan|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox Person | name = Ahmet Kaya | image =Ahmet Kaya.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = [[October 28]], [[1957]] | birth_place = [[Malatya]], [[Turkey]] | nationality = [[Turkey|Turkish]] | death_place = [[Paris]], France | death_date = November 16, 2000 | other_names = | job = | children = | website = | known_for = }} '''Ahmet Kaya''' (October 28, 1957 – November 16, 2000) was a [[singer]] from [[Turkey]]. He was associated with the Kurdish people's independence struggle. His mother is Turkish and his father [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]]. In June 2012 the Turkish Association of Magazine Journalists awarded Ahmet Kaya its Special Prize.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ahmet Kaya'dan özür dileyecekler! |author=Müjgan Halis |url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/kultur_sanat/muzik/2012/06/18/ahmet-kayadan-ozur-dileyecekler |newspaper=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] |date=18 June 2012 |language=tr |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> In October 2013 Ahmet Kaya was given the [[Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards|Grand Presidential Prize in Culture and Arts]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Köşk'ün ödülü Ahmet Kaya'ya |author=Aydın Hasan |url=http://gundem.milliyet.com.tr/kosk-un-odulu-ahmet-kaya-ya/gundem/detay/1783742/default.htm |newspaper=[[Milliyet]] |date=29 October 2013 |language=tr |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101002206/http://gundem.milliyet.com.tr/kosk-un-odulu-ahmet-kaya-ya/gundem/detay/1783742/default.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaya, Ahmet}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:Turkish singers]]