I just found a page from their website that includes translations of lyrics. Their main page is down.
http://www.mavisakal.com/html/sonalbum.html

Maybe their whole website might go down. So let us copy the translations here:

As Sui pointed, the song "İki yol" (Two Ways) is one of their finest songs. I have just uploaded that song for you:

Mavi Sakal - İki Yol :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K0PT7U3D
(Please wait for the coundown on top right of this web page)

Mavi Sakal started as a school band in Tarsus in 1983. Like many cities in today's Turkia, Tarsus is one of the historical cities. The city has remained the very same name since the Roman Empire days.
Tarsus, compared to İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara is not one of the popular cities in our country. Life in this place is too traditional and ordinary.

For some religious reasons the Americans decided to build a school in this city to honor its name. The school was established in 1880's.

In Turkish state schools, and almost all secondary schools are state schools in Turkia, education is a little traditional and strict. Music activities usually consist of playing the plastic flutes in music lessons. Here is a picture from Tarsus American College's music band in 80's.


Here are a few more web pages about TAC and Mavi Sakal:
http://personal.ecu.edu/altinozc/old/tac.htm
http://personal.ecu.edu/altinozc/old/echo.htm
http://personal.ecu.edu/altinozc/old/kampus.htm
http://personal.ecu.edu/altinozc/old/songsof.htm
On this last page you can find an old record of Mavi Sakal's song "Al beni". At the time the school band was called ECHO 83.

You can find other low resolution songs of Mavi Sakal here on this page: (requires "real player" to be installed on your computer)
http://www.turkishmusic.org/index2b.html

If these are not enough for you why don't you try these songs that I have just uploaded:

The songs I like are in bold. Their best two songs are "İki Yol" and "Al Beni".

Band: Mavi Sakal:
Album: Mavi Sakal -2
This is their 1993 Album

1. Şaşkın
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1XZ2QHTG
2. Bana Yapay
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WRK95WRA
3. Al Beni
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NBM1XI70
4. İnatçı
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GPZHQLQZ
5. Haydi Gel
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HTHB5N5O
6. Çekemem Artık
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OQKD7NET
7. Çektir Git
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0KH95PZO
8. Sen Gelmeliydin
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EREXUPF0
9. Günler
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N8Q5YQAP


Band: Mavi Sakal
Album: Kan kokusu
Released on 1998
Recorded in Finland in FINNVOX Studious

1. Üvertür
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0Z1B2ZU8
2. Balta
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1PPR4RDV
3. Ne Kadar
4. Iki Yol / Albüm Miks
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K0PT7U3D
5. Istanbul
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HRH19ANZ
6. Ben Kimleyim
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NWM9UO1E
7. Gönlümde
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JN4JYI6W
8. Basladim Yürümeye
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5MJ0MELN
9. Ask Öldü
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CSC1Y1XY
10. Kan Kokusu
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FHBEJXWM

Tibet Ağırtan, Mavi Sakal’s vocalist, has a solo album as well. Unfortunately I don't have these songs. Currently none of these three albums are on sale as CD's.

Arist: Tibet Ağırtan
Album: Kalk Gidiyorum

1. Çektir Git '97 -- 3:49
2. Aptal Herif -- 3:28
3. Benimlesin -- 4:58
4. Sensiz Olmuyor -- 5:11
5. Kıskaç -- 4:21
6. Ve Onlar -- 5:28
7. Boşuna Yıllar -- 3:59
8. Hiç Zaman Yok -- 4:10
9. Seni Bırakmam -- 3:56
10. Kalk Gidiyorum -- 4:16

There are many amateur rock bands in Turkia. Most of them are for 14-16 year old girls. For instance Kargo is such a rubbish band. Their musical understanding consists of choosing a handsome vocal. There was a female vocal in Kargo long time ago and the quality was much better. I'm afraid that album is totally forgotton today. There is a band called "Pilli Bebek" which is also one of my favorites.

It is incorrect. Yes it can mean please but stil that sentence is incorrect.

"Sütünüz var mı rica etsem?" could be alright. Sound a little forced but is alright.

"Rica etsem" is a polite way of requesting.

"Rica etsem pencereyi kapatabilir misiniz?" is strong.

You can trust Meltem's translation.

We are sorry as well for this love story to end so sad. From the text I read it is clear to me that your lover was an intellectual. Very nice and strongly build sentences put together in a beautiful and poetic way. In fact this is the best Turkish I have seen for a long time on these boards. I'm really impressed with such strong sentences and they are so beautifully build.

If I were you this would be my saddest day in my life.

It is a shame if you can't keep your relationship even if you are in different locations. The letters you would receive would be masterpieces.

I can't resist translation the last lines:

Biten bir aşk için
Söylenecek söz şu olmalı:
- Güzeldi yine de

For a love that has ended, this is what should be said:
- Still, it was beautiful.

Both are very smillar in meaning. My translation would be as follows:

çevresinde: in its sourroundings
etrafında: around it

çevre has a wider range of meanings.

OK, lets summarize our findings so far. I have decided to seperaete its use as conjugateion from comparision.

ise has two main useages:
1. condition : translated mainly as "if".

2. comparision: translated mainly as "but".

3. conjugation: Translated mainly as "on the other hand" or "while".

You are correct on thinking that in most comparision sentences with ise, somewhere in that sentence we would see "ama" or a comma. But it is possble to end a sentence and then start a new sentence in some cases:

Biz ciddi işler yapıyoruz. Sizin yaptığınız ise saçmalık.
We do serious things. On the other hand what you do is nonesense.
We do serious things while you do nonesense.

Kadir's sentences are well build. I think at the end we can say that "ise" has two main useges. One is condition and the other is comparision. Both usages can be constructed with the suffix form -se, -sa as well. With the former the suffix form is more common while with the latter the word form is more common.

You could try building a few conditional sentences and a few sentences with comparision to be sure you understand 'ise' completely.

The original text is misspelled. It should be "bırakıp da" and not bırakıpta. This is a mistake many native Turks make.

Greetings,
'ise' doesnt have a meaning as 'yet'. 'ise de' could be alright. You can of course use its suffix form "-sa da" or "-se de".
"ise de" means "even though" it is close to the meaning of "yine de" which means "but still", "although" or "even though".

I have three alternatives as corrected sentences. Number 2 and 3 are slightly stronger than 1.

1. Her gün dünyada milyonlarca insan açlıktan ölüyorsa da diyet yemeklerine milyonlarca dolar harcanıyor.

2. Her gün dünyada milyonlarca insan açlıktan ölüyor. Yine de her gün diyet yemeklerine milyonlarca dolar harcanıyor.

3. Her gün dünyada açlıktan ölen milyonlarca insan var ve yine de diyet yemeklerine milyonlarca dolar harcanıyor.