Electric Kurdish wedding music

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Turkey has seen many people continue on to Europe for better opportunities, like Kurdish musician Tufan Derince. He settled in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and plays the baglama saz. He’s thriving in Europe performing at Kurdish weddings.

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