Media response
The media reported extensively and positively on the musical. Below are links to various television and radio reports and newspaper articles. The list is not complete.
Radio and Television
WDR Fernsehen - Westart
We appear 4–5 times during the 30-minute cultural programme on 4 October 2025, for a total of approximately 15 minutes. Also at the very end.
WDR Fernsehen - Aktuelle Stunde
From the 24th to the 28th minute
RTL West
7 October 2025, report by Anne Tafferner
Deutschlandfunk - Corso
13 October 2025, report by Lucca Pizzato
There were also interviews, reports and podcasts on the following stations: WDR 3, WDR 5, WDR Cosmo, WDR Cosmo Turkish programme and Domradio.
Print and Online Media
A furious journey through time
Review by Helmut Frangenberg in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
How a workers’ struggle became a musical
Review by Ananda Kordes in the Rheinische Post
Baha Targün was the migrant Dutschke
Interview by Ceyda Nurtsch in Qantara.de
The 1973 Ford strike in Cologne becomes a musical
Article by David Förster in Cologne News Today
A Musical Journey Through the History of Class Struggle
Article by Yücel Özdemir in Yeni Hayat / New Life
A failed labour dispute becomes a musical
Article by Helmut Frangenberg in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
Baha and the Wild Seventies
Article by Yücel Özdemir in Evrensel, Istanbul
From the factory floor to the stage
Blog article by Christine Ziegler in Stiftung Menschenwürde und Arbeitswelt
Eko Fresh writes protest song for his father’s musical from Königswinter
Article by Mario Quast in the General-Anzeiger Bonn - Siebengebirge
Another Time, Another Mindset
An interview by Serkan Seymen in Bir Art Bir - Express, Istanbul
An almost forgotten piece of history as a musical
Review by Rolf-Rüder Hamacher
One Mark More For All!
The title song of our musical featuring Eko Fresh.
Sanat Ensemble
This ensemble of some 20 artists came together for the Musical „Baha and the Wild Seventies“. The actors are established members of Cologne’s independent theatre scene.
Most of the musicians in the Sanat Ensemble come from the concert series ‘Deutschlandlieder - Almanya Türküleri’, which was performed on various famous stages in Germany and Turkey in 2021 and 2022
A production by
In cooperation with Globale Musik Köln e.V.
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