Hasan Saltık
Hasan Saltık (pronounced [hasan saɫtɯk]; 1964 – 2 June 2021) was a Turkish record producer. He was the 1991 founder of Kalan Müzik, a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul specialized in releasing Saltık's recordings of traditional ethnic and folk music from Turkey and vicinity, sometimes against governmental opposition.
Hasan Saltık | |
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| Born | 1964 Hozat, Turkey |
| Died | 2 June 2021 (aged 56–57) Bodrum, Turkey |
| Genres | Turkish folk, Kurdish folk, Ottoman classical |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Years active | 1991–2021 |
| Labels | Kalan Müzik |
| Website | Kalan.com (English) |
In 2003, Saltık's work through Kalan made him a laureate of the international Prince Claus Awards on the theme "The survival and innovation of Crafts" for having "played a central role in the rescue, rediscovery and documentation of the cultural diversity of Turkish music". In 2004, he was called "The Anthropologist of Folk Music" by Time magazine.
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