Turkish TV airs Armenian music video

The first Armenian music video has been aired on Turkey’s leading music channels and the state-run TRT TV Channel, Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review reported on Thursday.

“Namak” (Letter) by Sibil Pektorosoglu, an Istanbul-born Armenian singer, has been gaining mainstream popularity and can now be heard echoing from shops along the city’s iconic Istiklal Avenue.

The Turkish publication says that the author of the lyrics is renowned Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz, while the singer’s music video was produced by one of Turkey’s most famous directors in the field, Ozkan Aksular.

Pektorosoglu has said it was like a dream to release her album and broadcast her music video on Turkish television.

“When I hear my songs on İstiklal Avenue, I cry,” she recently told the paper.

“Music is universal, it is above all identities. I can’t breathe without singing; this is why this album is loved that much by my listeners,” she said.