Leçek, the new album by Ali Doğan Gönültaş and Saîdê Goyî, will be released on 1 December 2026.

The leçek is a white headscarf traditionally worn by Kurdish women. It has great cultural and symbolic significance, associated with respect for women, their moral authority and their role as mediators in conflicts. When a woman drops a leçek on the ground between two feuding families or individuals, the violence must cease.

Throughout the album, the leçek is a reminder that, despite everything, life, love and the journey forward remain possible.

Kewnar is the Kurdish word for the male partridge. And it is the first song on the album Leçek. The image of this bird is used to convey the Kurds’ connection to freedom and nature: the partridge cannot be domesticated and is in love with the mountains. Written and composed by Saîdê Goyî in the mid-1990s, it is presented here in an arrangement by Ali Doğan Gönültaş.

CLICK TO WATCH THE FIRST SINGLE, KEWNAR:

The videoclip, directed by Veysel Seçen and with the dance and choreography by Şevîn Yel, marks the beginning of a series of five music videos, to be released ahead of the album.

Conceived as interconnected chapters, the five videos of the album unfold around a shared theme, forming a single narrative. Leçek sometimes grows heavy, sometimes disperses, sometimes turns into rain. Yet it never stops moving; it continues to exist.

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