{"id":1004,"date":"2020-06-18T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T04:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2021\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1004"},"modified":"2020-07-15T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T22:33:28","slug":"concert-by-grup-yorum-turkey-zoom","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2021\/event\/concert-by-grup-yorum-turkey-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert by Grup Yorum &#8211; Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/av6If32aJ_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Group Yorum is a folk music group that has been banned by the government of Turkey. \u00a0They sing songs about freedom, of brotherhood and sisterhood of people, of workers dying on the job, nations, races and genders. \u00a0For this reason, the Turkish government has declared the music group as a \u201cfront for terrorism.\u201d<br \/>\nIn this one hour presentation, we will discover their music, lyrics, their fight, their resistance, their contribution to the world revolutionary movement.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s concerts have become a social event as tens of thousands flock to see them. \u00a0Unable to prevent mostly the youth to follow and attend their huge concerts, the Turkish government banned all the concerts of Group Yorum citing \u201csecurity concerns.\u201d \u00a0When the Islamic AKP government was unable to destroy the spirit of these revolutionary musicians, the prosecutors were called into action. \u00a0The government fabricated charges against the group members. \u00a0They summoned \u201cwitnesses\u201d who hid their names and testified behind curtains and through electronic shields in the court to indict the musicians on terrorism. \u00a0The courts were a travesty of justice. \u00a0The judges had already decided that what the government wanted from them in the way of propaganda had to be delivered, no matter what the truth may be.<\/p>\n<p>The group members did not relent, they made their music, they protested, they resisted with their music and lastly with their bodies and lives.<\/p>\n<p>Protesting the kangaroo courts and openly biased justice system with secret witnesses, the musicians put their lives on the line. \u00a0Starting hunger strikes to protest the procedures, two musicians gave their lives on hunger strike. \u00a0Another musician was beaten to a pulp by the cops during the last days of his hunger strike, tortured and sexually abused with a police baton. \u00a0He too died few days later. \u00a0After the loss of musicians lives, even the secret witness who testified against them recanted and admitted the police forced him to lie in court. \u00a0The funeral of the musicians were attacked by the neo-nazi, racist, nationalist fascists who swore that they would raid the graves, take the bodies out and burn them.<\/p>\n<p>Group Yorum owns Idil Cultural Center where film screenings, music classes, theater training, book readings, choir and group practices are held. \u00a0The center has been the target of numerous police raids where the cops destroyed doors, windows, book shelves and made it a point to destroy every single musical instrument, including breaking and spreading the keys of the piano.<\/p>\n<p>Even with deaths of its musicians, arrests, threats, beatings, banning of concerts, Group Yorum is one of the top most sought after music groups in Turkey. \u00a0People understand and know the meaning of their music. \u00a0It is a music against oppression, against war, against divisions and is a music for the workers, for the laborers whose voice never gets to be pronounced. \u00a0That is why the music of Group Yorum is the voice of the voiceless in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Commentary, interviews, music and video on the Group Yorum music group who are banned to perform in Turkey and whose 3 musicians lost their lives in hunger strike fighting for justice and the right to perform.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-recorded videos will be put up by 5:00 PM.<br \/>\nLanguage: \u00a0 \u00a0English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group Yorum is a folk music group that has been banned by the government of Turkey. \u00a0They sing songs about freedom, of brotherhood and sisterhood of people, of workers dying on the job, nations, races and genders. \u00a0For this reason, the Turkish government has 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