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Muslum Gurses is a Turkish folk singer.
He was born in 1953 in ŞanlıUrfa, Turkey. He is married to Muhterem Nur.
He mostly sings Turkish folk and Ottoman classical music, with an
arabesque style. His talent and his special style have put him to a
different place among other folk singers. In his songs he mostly
expresses sorrow and painful feelings. He is considered a cult figure
in Turkish folk music and has a very dedicated group of fans, most of
whom being young, low-income urban people. He is mostly called Müslüm
Baba (means 'Papa Müslüm' in Turkish) among them.
In recent years, he has also become popular in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, Syria and Iran.
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