Edited BY G P Kennedy Day 4 sees us travel west from Karachi, Pakistan to Istanbul, Turkey where we meet up with Gul. She is a former journalist and arts professional recently returned to her home city after a prolonged period living in England. In two very different song choices Gul finds meaning in lockdown through prescient lyrics and lessons from history. Concierto de Aranjuez – Joaquin Rodrigo The concerto of last wish It was 6 th of May 1972, a political activist and student leader Deniz Gezmiş was executed along with his friends Hüseyin İnan and Yusuf Aslan. He was only 25 years old, he was our Che Guevara who has done nothing apart from shouting against the 1970’s military junta in Turkey. ...
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