Roza sings Turkish (& Greek of course) Greek Turkish Songs

[birdandthe]

who cares what race, religion or country she was from she was a great singer.

[HailFromTR]

Kalimeraaa

[Bahaohcebol]

great songs, no border for music!

[33bbn53]

no borders for the people

[33bbn53]

τα ορια υπαρχουν στο μυαλο μας,οχι στην πραγματικοτητα

[medsea77]

Stop calling Greek anything,anyone belong to Ottoman culture..

Remember what dictator Metaxas done to rebetika singers and the ones who speak Turkish as a native language after they moved over there and humiliated with calling "giaurvaftizmenoi-yogurt baptismals" by the locals!!

You like or not Roza is one of the best Jewish originated Turkish singer of late Ottoman era,thanks to the imperial tolerance of Ottoman Turks...

[astamudi]

does anyone knows the CD's name, that includes this recording?!!!

[meadowview15block]

Im into Trukish music cuzz im tried of rap,I still love Jazz,but i want to go beyound that.Next Zulu Music.

[drittengel]

Old Turkish and Greek songs are very similar.

Some of the music are the same songs, words similar.

Two different sides of the Aegean Sea in the two neighboring countries that are very similar to each other. Food that even looks like.

[psychkoala]

Food that will be exotic and tasty to an American.

I'm going to those countries, and I want to eat their tasty food and taste their wine.

[drittengel]

ahah very old turkish çiftetelli songs :D

1. song about a love.

[bigturban]

I use the term Ottoman to try and avoid the controversy about her nationality - does anyone know when exactly she was born ?

[elamantedefuego]

In Istanbul, but she moved with her family to Greece when child.

[bigturban]

FANTASTIC - Thanks for posting one of the great Ottoman singers.

[phoenician150]

Hello!

Would you happen to know when and where Roza's famous "Katifes" was recorded?

[Anticapitalistt]

very nice

cok guzel

[DeJaVuFiRe]

not speaks greek she ıs turk

[MyWayOfLife7]

shes an sepharic jew, not greek or turkish.

[deryaderya3274]

OF ALL OF THESE SONGS MOST OF THEM I REMEMBER FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE 50's IN CYPRUS .I USED TO ENJOY THEM THAN I ENJOY THEM NOW . AFTER 60yrs. Mehmet

[jadeite20]

perfect Turkish.. without accent... we really miss her...:(

rest in peace Roza

[cosh2006]

As for you my friend JimmytheGreek, being jewish is much more of an identity than a religion. Greek Jews feel proud about both. Για αυτό μπορώ να σε διαβεβαιώσω... :)

[cosh2006]

She was not Armenian. She was born in Istanbul and her name was Sarah Skinazi, a Sephardic Jew. She moved to Thessaloniki aged 7.

[JimmyTheGreek2000]

Greek-Jewish is not a good statement.

Greek is a nationality!

Jewish is a religion! mixing apples and oranges!

[forzafabby]

True but that expresiion is very common in the sates.Ppl r famiiar with that kinda expressions bro.Like African American,like all Africans r black.

thanx 4 the recommendation.

[meet7sos]

γιατί ρε φίλε οι εβραίοι δε θεωρούνται ξεχωριστή ράτσα; δλδ οι έλληνες τι έχουμε; διαφορετικό αίμα; μόνο η γλώσσα κ τα σύνορα μας διαχωρίζουν. Βασικά η Ρόζα γεννήθηκε στην πόλη απο Ισπανοεβραίους γονείς

[assos206]

askenazi einai oi evraioi apo thn germania amigo.roza eskenazi einai evraikotato onoma.evraikh filh yparxei.ioudaiko tryskeyma yparxei.mas diazwrizei dna 2% apo olous tous anthrwpous.ayto kanei thn diafora.psyxosynthesh,xarakthr­istika swmatos,proswpou,kanothtwn klp.diavase ligo.fwnara to koritsi kai na einai kala ekei pou einai kai thn eyxaristoume poly pou mas tragoudhse diamantia ki emeis t akoume twra!!!!

[meet7sos]

Συμφωνώ μαζί σου,οι εβραίοι είν έθνος π αποτελειται απ'το σύνολο των Λαών που έχουν κοινή βάση τις 12 αρχαίες φυλές του Ισραήλ.Κρατάνε ένα μέρος το αίμα τους διότι αποφεύγουν να αναμιχθούν με Αλλοεθνείς,λόγω θρησκείας κ επειδή την έχουν δει ο εκλεκτός λαός κ έτσι

[tanguta]

she singing Turkish nearly without accent

[JimmyTheGreek2000]

Well she was born in Turkey :)))

She speaks Greek well also!!!

[panos3535]

roza eskenazy my friends is oryginaly armenian

 singer and born izmir (turkey)is not turkish and jewish

[assos206]

i dont know her history.askenazi are the german jewish peple.read a bit plz.the greek jewish coming from spain are the romaniotes.friendly.corresct me plz if u find smtng else!thank her for the diamonts she gave!

[IanHunedoara8]

The Jews of Ioannina were Romaniotes, came to Greece in the time of the Caesars and did not speak Ladino 15th Century Spanish as those of Thessaloniki and Smyrna, who called themselves Sefardim. My Grandfather, from Armanji (Vlakhoi) community established wool business partnership with Ioannina Romaniotes after Balkan War ruined Karavane trade.

[elamantedefuego]

There were a lot of sephardic jews with Eskenazi as surname.

[aporia82]

that's true but there was also an ashkenazi populationwith a large population on the ottoman empire . but roza was sephardim.

[Aeschylus]

@panos3535 Νομίζω πὼς ἡ Ρίτα Ἀμπατζῆ ἦταν ἀρμενικῆς καταγωγῆς. Ἴσως αὐτὴν σκέφτεσαι. Τὸ ἐπίθετο Ἐσκενάζυ (Ashkenazi="Γερμανός", δηλ. "Ἑβραῖος τῆς Γερμανίας") δείχνει καθαρὰ ὅτι ἡ Ρόζα ἦταν--ὅπως λέγανε παλιά--Ὁβραίισσα. Ὑπέροχες τραγουδίστριες κι οἱ δυό τους.

[saltadoros08]

san to gargaro nero katevainei kato i roza

[Macedonia20]

fuck u greek

[yataghanman]

Yasou Romeikos 2, I've heard mostly Greek & Turkish songs of Rosa's. I read in her biography that she spoke Ladino at home, and with other Sephards. Bio said she recorded in Ladino as well. I've not heard it. Yataghanman!!!

[yataghanman]

Rosa was originally an Ottoman subject, her religion was Jewish. She was most likely Sephardic, as she sung in Ladino as well as Turkish & Greek!! Long live her memory! Poor soul died broke

[romeikos2]

Roza sang in Ladino? The only song I have which might indicate that is "Evraiopoula" with Giorgo Vidalis in which she speaks a few Ladino lines, otherwise I don't know of any Ladino recordings by her. If you have any, let me know, Please

[manguard1976]

iagree with u romeiko..but have another song-i dont know if it is ''evraiopoula''-who just say''aman tequero mucho''in ladino.just that sentence..

[romeikos2]

That certainly sounds like it

[elamantedefuego]

This is Xanthi Evreopula sang by Rita Ambadzi not Rosa Eskenasi,

[elamantedefuego]

You are right. She only recorded ladino in the song Evraiopula. No otheres judeoespañol recorders have saved.

[SonSter89]

Ela konta mou, stin kamara mou, ax ena vradi tin agkalia mou.....

[LiveMusicShow]

good stuff , I can never figure her ethnic back ground , but that doesn't matter she was human , we all love her and her music belongs to all.

[romeikos2]

I don't think it is necessarily "incorrect " to refer to Roza as a Greek Jew. It is more a matter of semantics. She was of the Jewish faith born in Ottoman Istanbul who spent most of her life as a Greek citizen in Greece, fully integrated into the then Greek music scene. In her autobiography she never indicates feeling any less Greek than her Christian compatriots. At the same time she certainly seemed to feel comfortable as being both Turkish born and a native speaker of Turkish.

[burakblanco]

Yasou/Merhaba

Ahhhh Rozaaaaa. It's great.

Thanx lot...

[SadieMirsade]

romeikos2

I hope you realize how much we (or better said...I) appreciate...your contribution. Wooow. Where else...how would I be able to access these precious voices and sounds....at a click of a button.