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In his written statement, Say said that he opposed a return in
"I am opposed to
I have not forgotten
Despite all these things, the current government has not behaved amicably towards me and music in general. The first minister of culture of the government managed to censor my oratorio entitled ‘Elegy to Metin Altıok’. I will never forget this.
The best example of the belittling of the art of music can be seen in the Ministry of National Education’s initiative last year to remove music and art lessons in schools.
I will not surrender
The aphorism ‘an artist is he who feels the first light in his art’ can also be interpreted as ‘an artist is he who first feels the dangers of darkness’. The darkness of the Middle Ages worries me as much as many of our enlightened people. If one day dark forces do not give our republic and national values a chance to survive, we will not surrender to these."
During the talk organised by the German Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Paris where Say spoke alongside the violinist Renaud Capuçon, Fazıl Say had said, “Our dreams for Turkey have somewhat died. All ministers’ wives wear headscarves. The Islamists have won anyway; we represent 30% of the population while they represent 70%. I am considering moving somewhere else."