Adele accused of stealing Kurd song

The song’s release has created a storm in Turkey, with some social media users accusing 27-year-old Adele of stealing the melancholic tune from Kaya, who died in France in exile 15 years ago.

“Adele has stolen from us”, one user wrote on Twitter, while another shared an image of the two singers with the caption: “God damn you, thief”. With the record sales, Adele alone is helping boost sales for the recorded music industry.

Turkish music lovers are raging with Adele, claiming that the British super-star has ripped off an iconic Turkish song for her new album.

Turkish music critic Naim Dilmener acknowledged the similarities between Million Years Ago and Acilara Tutunmak, but claimed the similarities were “not too much”.

Ahmet Kaya, who died in Paris on 2000, remains a controversial figure for identifying himself as a Kurd.

This case follows the recent plagiarism suit thrown at music producer and rapper Jay-Z, sent by family members of the late Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez over the similarities between the 1957 song Khoshara (What a Shame), and the 1999 hit song “Big Pimpin”.

“25” has also broken records in Adele’s native Britain, selling more than one million copies in 10 days-the fastest album to reach that feat.

But speaking to Turkish newspaper Posta, Kaya’s widow Gülten Kaya said she believed it was unlikely that Adele had copied the song.

Adele’s spokesman had yet to respond to a request to comment. Her new album also topped the charts for the second week running on Friday.

Adele sold 700,000 copies of her latest release last weekend.