Muhlis Akarsu

{{Short description|Turkish folk singer and musician}}

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Muhlis Akarsu (20 February 1948 – 2 July 1993) was a Turkish folk singer and Bağlama player.{{cite web |title=Biography Muhlis Akarsu |url=https://www.muhlisakarsu.com/2020/02/hayat.html# |website=muhlisakarsu.com |access-date=4 June 2022 |language=tr}} He was killed, along with 34 others, during the Sivas massacre in Sivas, Turkey when a group of Islamist rioters set fire to the hotel where the victims had gathered for the Pir Sultan Abdal festival.{{cite news |title=Turkish state found responsible for 1993 Sivas massacre |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-state-found-responsible-for-1993-sivas-massacre-69177 |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=Hürriyet Daily News |date=15 July 2014}}{{cite news |title=The Madimak hotel is to be bought by government |url=https://anfenglish.com/features/the-madimak-hotel-is-to-be-bought-by-government-1363 |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=ANF News |date=18 June 2010}}{{cite web |title=Victims of 1993 Sivas massacre commemorated |url=https://stockholmcf.org/victims-of-1993-sivas-massacre-commemorated/ |website=stockholmcf.org |publisher=Stockholm Center for Freedom |access-date=4 June 2022 |date=2 July 2020}}