young turks

Influential British record label Young Turks is changing its name. On Tuesday, the label announced the change in a lengthy Instagram post. The term Young Turks has been connotated with a group that carried out the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Founder Caius Pawson said that he had been “unaware of the deeper history of the term” and said that the original name was taken from a Rod Stewart song when it was founded in 2005. Additionally, the label, now known as Young, said it made a donation to the London branch of the Armenian Institute. You can read the full statement below: Today we’re changing our name to Young. Explaining the change of name, Young Turks / Young founder Caius Pawson says: From today, Young Turks will become Young. The name change follows a long period of reflection and I wa...