Selda Baдџcan Sivas Ellerinde Sazд±m 🆓 ⏰

"Sivas Ellerinde Sazım Çalınır" is one of the most powerful and enduring folk songs ( türkü ) in Turkish music, famously interpreted by the legendary Selda Bağcan . The song is a poignant cry of longing, exile, and political defiance, deeply rooted in the history of the Alevi-Bektashi tradition. Historical and Cultural Roots

The chorus, "Kâtip arzuhâlim yaz yâre böyle" (Clerk, write my petition to my beloved like this), is a direct plea for the poet's suffering to be recorded and sent to his people or his spiritual guide. Sivas Ellerinde Sazım Çalınır Selda BaДџcan Sivas Ellerinde SazД±m

The lyrics are attributed to the 16th-century poet Pir Sultan Abdal , one of the "Seven Great Poets" ( Yedi Ulu Ozan ) of Alevism. According to historical lore, the song was composed while Pir Sultan was imprisoned in Sivas by his former student, Hızır Paşa, who had risen to the rank of governor and eventually ordered the poet's execution for his political resistance. "Sivas Ellerinde Sazım Çalınır" is one of the