17 - Memleketim (My Country)

This video excerpt is from the Oratorio dedicated to Nazim Hikmet, one of the most influential and gifted poets of the 2oth century. In his country he was tried for his political stance and found guilty of being a traitor. The song is based on his words revealing a very concentrated yearning for his country, written in Prague in 1958.
Oratorio is composed by Fazil Say, playing the piano. Solist is Zuhal Olcay.