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HEAVY METAL BAND MAKES HEADWAY IN TURKISH-ISRAELI CULTURAL EXCHANGE
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/audio_story/2012/03/01/audio_story-04
01/03/2012
The Israeli band Orphaned Land forges Turkish-Israeli ties.
By Menekse Tokyay for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 01/03/12
The Israeli band Orphaned Land spreads a message of friendship between
the Jews and Muslims. [Derya Engin]
Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land's charity conference on February
25th in Istanbul raised money for victims of the October 23rd 2011
earthquake in the Van province of eastern Turkey.
Guitarist Matti Svatizky explained how the band helps bring Turkish
and Israeli people together.
"This show that we are making here for the earthquake survivors,
it is something that we want to contribute to Turkey from ourselves,
as persons.
You can also see it as something that we contribute as Israelis, not
just as a rock band that came to play here, because of the tension
that has been between the countries. It is important for us that
Turkish people and our fans will see that human need comes before
anything else, and we would like to help Turkish people anyway we can."
Orphaned Land forms cultural ties between Turkey and Israel, regardless
of the bilateral political situation. Band members did not hesitate
to hold concerts in Turkey even when they were asked to cancel them
following the decline in diplomatic ties between Turkey and Israel.
Formed in 1991, and performing in Turkey since 2001, the band combines
heavy metal music with prayers from the Quran, Jewish liturgy and
other religious texts.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/audio_story/2012/03/01/audio_story-04
01/03/2012
The Israeli band Orphaned Land forges Turkish-Israeli ties.
By Menekse Tokyay for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 01/03/12
The Israeli band Orphaned Land spreads a message of friendship between
the Jews and Muslims. [Derya Engin]
Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land's charity conference on February
25th in Istanbul raised money for victims of the October 23rd 2011
earthquake in the Van province of eastern Turkey.
Guitarist Matti Svatizky explained how the band helps bring Turkish
and Israeli people together.
"This show that we are making here for the earthquake survivors,
it is something that we want to contribute to Turkey from ourselves,
as persons.
You can also see it as something that we contribute as Israelis, not
just as a rock band that came to play here, because of the tension
that has been between the countries. It is important for us that
Turkish people and our fans will see that human need comes before
anything else, and we would like to help Turkish people anyway we can."
Orphaned Land forms cultural ties between Turkey and Israel, regardless
of the bilateral political situation. Band members did not hesitate
to hold concerts in Turkey even when they were asked to cancel them
following the decline in diplomatic ties between Turkey and Israel.
Formed in 1991, and performing in Turkey since 2001, the band combines
heavy metal music with prayers from the Quran, Jewish liturgy and
other religious texts.
From: Baghdasarian