Hasret Gültekin May 1 1971 - July 2 1993 Was A Alevi-Kurdish-Turkish Musician And Poet Who Was Murdered Along With 37 Other People In The Sivas Province Of Turkey When A Radical Islamist Mob Set Fire To The Hotel At Which He Was Staying. He Was Born In The Han Village Of Sivas As The Third Child Of Süleyman And Hacıhanım Gültekin. He Started Playing Bağlama At The Age Of Six And Dropped Out Of High School To Pursue A Career In Music. He Completed His First Album Gün Olaydı If It Had Been Day When He Was Only Sixteen Years Old. In 1989 He Demonstrated His Mastery Of The Şelpe Technique Of Bağlama On His Second Album Gece Ile Gündüz Arasında Between Night And Day . His Third Album Rüzgarın Kanatları The Wings Of The Wind Was Released In 1991. Later That Year He Married Yeter Gültekin. On July 2 1993 He Went To Sivas To Take Part In The Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Festival Alongside Many Other Musicians Authors Poets And Intellectuals. He Died At The Age Of 21 During The Arson Attack On The Madimak Hotel Where He Was Staying. His Wife Gave Birth To Their Son Roni Hasret Gültekin Three Months After His Death. Discography Celal Oglan 1985 Gün Olaydı If It Had Been Day 1987 Gece İle Gündüz Arasında Between Night And Day 1989 Hayat Life 1989 Rüzgarın Kanatlarında On The Wings Of The Wind 1991 Egenin Iki Yakasi The Two Shores Of The Aegean 1994 Seçmeler Selected Works 1994 With Other Artists Newroz – Kürtçe Ezgiler Newroz – Kurdish Songs 1990 Newroz 2 İhsan Güneş – Karayılan 1992 Newroz 3 1993 Türküler Yalan Söylemez Songs Do Not Lie Bitmeyen Türküler – Dostlar Muhabbeti Not Ending Songs – Talk Between Friends