Murat Morova received an award at the sixth edition of the Baksı Culture and Arts Foundation Anatolian Awards, Doğan Value Award, held this year under the theme Beyond the Shore.
Morova’s acceptance speech—opening with the words “If I speak, it has no effect; if I remain silent, my heart will not consent,” and summarized his thoughts as follows:
“Anatolia naturally has a rebellious side as well. Thus, all these Dengbej stories, hagiographies, bozlak songs, laments, and uprisings carry injustices and pains along with them. Awards are not something given to me at the end of my own journey. They are a trust. A trust entrusted to me at this moment by those who amplify these voices along the way. Therefore, I would like to quote one of our very valuable minstrels, Kul Nesimi: ‘I do not owe gratitude to the path instructed by the oppressor.’”
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