A Gorgeous Performance of the Traditional Turkish Folk Song ‘Dertli Dolap’ Played on a Cura

While a cat and chickens ran around behind him, musician Özgür Baba performed a quietly gorgeous rendition of the classic Turkish folk song “Dertli Dolap” by poet and Sufi mystic Yunus Emre on a traditional cura, a three stringed instrument with a beautifully expressive high pitch.

On the first year of Elif’in Hecesi; Özgür Baba again with his ancient friend cura and the words of Yunus…