OBITUARY

Turkish record producer Hasan Saltik passed away last week at the age of 57 from a sudden heart attack. Saltik, who founded the Kalan Muzik in 1991 four years after apprenticing with his cousin Rahmi Saltuk, also a famous singer, produced more than a thousand albums in an illustrious career spanning more than three decades. He was known for the fusion of rare classical Turkish records with Anatolian, Caucasian and Balkan folk songs. Saltik released important ethnomusicological records, compiled from collectors and families of traditional musicians. Saltik was called “the anthropologist of folk music” by Time Magazine in 2004 and was awarded the prestigious Heroes of Europe. “It is with deep sadness that we learned of the death of a man who made such an invaluable contribution to our musical memory,” Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry said in a tweet. “May God have mercy on the deceased. We express our condolences to his family and loved ones.”