Elazığ dik halay (Karaçor)(Karachor) is a Turkish

kochari Kochari (; ; ; ) is a folk dance originating in the Armenian Highlands. It is performed today by Armenians, while variants are performed by Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, and Pontic Greeks. It is a form of circle dance. Each region in the Armenian H ...

folk dance. It is a form of circle dance. There are related folk songs, known as Shoror . There are modern popular versions of this song, with Turkish lyrics, known as ''İşte Hendek İşte Deve'' in

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. One of these is sung by

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish people, Turkish rock music, rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television ...

. There are modern popular versions of this song, with Assyrian lyrics, known as ''Kochari'' in

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, one sung by Loudmila Khoshaba. Kochari is a song from her Album of the year 2008, called "Nazdarta". There are modern popular versions of this song, with Greek lyrics, known as Agkires (Άγκυρες; Anchors) in Greece, one sung by Katy Garbi . Agkires is a song from her Album of the year 1999, called "

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". This album was composed in Greek by Savvas Angin. The Greek lyrics were written by Eleni Gianatsoulia.

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