Pınar Aydınlar
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BornFebruary 12, 1979
Occupation(s)Folk music singer and politician
KnownforTurkish and Kurdish folk music
Political partyHalkların Demokratik Partisi
Pınar Aydınlar | |
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| Born | February 12, 1979 |
| Occupation(s) | Folk music singer and politician |
| Known for | Turkish and Kurdish folk music |
| Political party | Halkların Demokratik Partisi |
Pınar Aydınlar (born 12 February 1979 in Istanbul[1]) is a Kurdish singer and politician. She has recorded several albums and also performed during the electoral campaigns of the HDP. In 2014, she was a mayoral candidate for Istanbul for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
She began to play the baglama when she was thirteen years of age.[1] She graduated from the State Conservatory for Turkish Music of the Technical University of Istanbul in 1995.[1] In 2003 Aydınlar released an album called Türkü Söylemek Lazım and two more in 2011.[2]