Amed Underground

January - July 2023
DİYARBAKIR

Amed Underground is a professional DJ training project for priority groups of LGBTI+ and female participants living in Diyarbakır as well as in nearby cities in case of any applications. Within the scope of the project, professional DJ training consisting of theoretical and practical information will be provided for a total of 6 people in 3 separate training groups of 2 people each, for 4 hours a week for each group, for a total of 8 weeks (32 hours).

The trainings will be held between January - July 2023 in a exclusively rented space for such training, with professional equipment and materials made available. The training will end with 3 events which will be organized to enable the trainees to perform as DJs, and a DJ set reserved for each trainee for a minimum of 45 minutes and a maximum of 2 hours will be uploaded to the project’s Soundcloud account.

This project aims to meet the increasing DJ demand in the entertainment industry in the region, and to enable LGBTI+ and women, who are disadvantaged in terms of finding a job while meeting this need, actively participate in the workforce.

www.instagram.com/amedunderground 

www.soundcloud.com/amedunderground 

amedunderground@gmail.com 

Salih Karabulut

Graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Econometrics in 2001, Karabulut works as a Customer Experience Manager in a private company. He has been performing as a professional DJ (under the name Deepinoza) since 2012. Karabulut, who received training on DJing from Turqilla Academy and electronic music production from Sonar House, takes part in organizations that will enable groups such as LGBTI+, women, socio-economically disadvantaged groups to have fun in safe venues.

Karabulut, one of the four founding members of Queerwaves, Turkey's first non-profit queer party & event organization founded in Istanbul in 2014, has been living in Diyarbakır since 2021. He carries out voluntary activities as a trainer and DJ in order to spread the electronic music culture in the region, especially in Diyarbakır.

This page is published on 19 January 2023.

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