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Çiğdem Aslan (pronounced Chee-dem) is a rising star in the revival of rebetiko, the bitter-sweet, devil-may-care songs of an exiled underclass, sung in hash dens and 'Café Amans' of Athens, Piraeus and İstanbul from the 1920s - 40s. With strong roots in the port of Smyrna/İzmir, rebetiko is a culture shared by Greeks and Turks that developed in mainland Greece following forced population exch...read more
