What is the origin of Sari Gelin? Ask Radio Pozitiv or Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kurds, Iranians!

Radio station "Radio Pozitiv", broadcasting in New York in Russian and possessing a wide audience, apologized to the audience for naming Azerbaijani folk song "Sari Gelin" as Armenian one, said in the statement of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN.

According to Azerbaijani news website Trend during the broadcast on July 28 this year, Azerbaijani folk song "Sari Gelin" was named as the song of the Armenian musician Jivan Gasparyan "Gornaya nevesta" (Mountain Bride).

In response, the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN had contacted the radio station, asked to announce that that it was an error in previously announced information and to announce that the song "Sari Gelin" is an Azerbaijani folk song.
 
Sari Gelin is a folk song popular in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Iran and Iraq. The origin of the song is uncertain, though it is believed to have an Armenian origin. The song is known in Turkey to be based on a story similar to Romeo & Juliet, where a Muslim Turkish man falls in love with a Christian Armenian girl. In Turkey, Sari Gelin is often used in documentaries or television programs about Armenians, and is somewhat recognized as a mourning song for the tragedy that befell the two nations.