Mikis Theodorakis is no longer here! 75-year-old Turkish intellectual Omer Zulfou Livaneli says goodbye to his close friend, Mikis Theodorakis.
Mikis Theodorakis and Omer Zulfou Livaneli, musician, writer, poet, wrote history together in the art and friendship of the two peoples, Greece and Turkey.
Omer Zulfou Livaneli through his Twitter account said goodbye to Mikis Theodorakis, talking about “deep pain”:
“What happened since 1983 when at a concert in Athens he invaded my dressing room with his imposing body? The first time he came to Istanbul for the Golden Record ceremony for the album “Güneş Topla Benim .çin” (Pick up the sun for me), he was at the Urcan restaurant in Sarγεger that night.
While drinking raki, we decided to found the Hellenic-Turkish Friendship Association… hundreds of concerts, the unforgettable night we had in Ephesus with Hatzidakis, Theodorakis and thirty thousand spectators, travels, vacations, illnesses αλ All these pass through my mind το
Mikis Theodorakis – Omer Zulfou Livaneli
In a series of posts on Twitter, Omer Zulfou Livaneli writes about the path of Mikis Theodorakis from the resistance to the German occupation, the civil war, the dictatorship.
Three days of national mourning was declared in Greece for the death of Mikis Theodorakis. #MikisTheodorakis https://t.co/p70jfhkC8O @hurriyet through
— Omer Zulfu Livaneli (@LivaneliZulfu) September 2, 2021
“… The one who fought against the British, together with his brothers in the Civil War, then against the junta of the colonels in his 40s…
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Στη and then he who did not hesitate to stand tall wherever he considered that there was oppression or violation of human rights, in short, against all kinds of oppression and wars throughout his life “…
— Omer Zulfu Livaneli (@LivaneliZulfu) September 2, 2021
“. I lost one of my best friends in life and art. Mikis Theodorakis who represents the purity of the human spirit, gone through pain, wars, exile, love and betrayal. The pain is so deep! “
source: ΑΠΕ – ΜΠΕ
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