Şivan Perwer

Şivan Perwer
Şivan Perwer during a ceremony in July 2016
Background information
Birth nameİsmail Aygün
Born (1955-12-23) 23 December 1955
Viranşehir, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
GenresKurdish folk music
OccupationsPoet, writer, singer, performer
InstrumentsTembûr
Years active1974–present
Websitewww.sivanperwer.org

Şivan Perwer (born İsmail Aygün on 23 December 1955) is a Kurdish poet, writer, musical teacher, singer. Perwer fled Turkey in 1976 due to the Kurdish nationalism and political tones of his music and lived for 37 years in continuous exile until his return to Diyarbakir on November 16, 2013. Perwer also holds several honorary doctorates in music.

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