Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946) is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.

Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum because of his political views. As a result, he had to leave Turkey in 1972 and go into exile. He lived in Stockholm, Paris, Athens, and New York, where he met and collaborated with artists and intellectuals such as Elia… More