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Thread: Protest music after the Coup (12 September 1980) -I

591.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 25 May 2013 Sat 03:35 pm

Protest music after the Coup (12 September 198 -III

Last two weeks, I investigated the history of the protest music in Anatolia and I looked at the evolution of the rebellious songs in the context of folk singers. Then, while I categorized the protest music forms into two different categories, I started to tell about  "singers who had  revolutionary rhetoric and using the traditional folk music as their foundation"  with Ahmet Kaya and Grup Yorum. This week I will continue with the names that  can be added to the the came category, despite having some differences.  

I should say first of all: the names I am giving would stand up amongst the revolutionist singers during that period. Others, very similar to those two, did not make to the large crowd of people and span into the time as much as they did. But during the bombardment of ´unique music´ from Unkapani -the pace where Turkish music industry lives´, we met very valuable singers, listened to very beautiful albums. Lets talk  about them as long as we have enough space here today.


Arif Kemal : When he released the album, ´Red Turkuleri-1´(-Rejection songs-1), he was mentioned as ´he is a new Ahmet Kaya´. But in fact, Ahmet Kaya was a mad Anatolian breed; and unrefined rebel, he was  "brother Ahmet". On the other hand, Arif Kemal was a naive, a calm opposition who was staying within the limits of his academic music education. The album was really beautiful. The songs "Gece gelen konuk" - guest who came at night- from Yağmur Atsız and "Bu ask Burada biter"-this love finishes here- from Ataol Behramoglu,  with  Arif Kemal´s brilliant compositions were in this album. The strong songs like Lyric-composition from Kemal himself "Vururlar, Asma Altı, "Öfkem" and lyrics from Kenan Ercan "Kanayan" were extra delights. In fact, red Turkuleri was a collection project in which each album would be given to a different singer. But because of Arif Kemal´s performance, they continued the series with him but unfortunately with its  unflattering songs and specially with its  crappy arrangements they released  Red Turkuleri-2 . Then fortunately a few months later, came  Red Türküleri-3, containing  very beautiful songs: The song  "Asıl Adalet"  removed the disappointment. Musical touches of master composer, Tugrul Karatas, were obvious in the album in which lyrics of Nâzım Hikmet, Paul Éluard, Bertolt Brecht and Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil were used. Arif Kemal who did not make another album after Red Türküleri-4 which was consist of concert recordings, have been a music teacher abroad for a long time. I hope the singer Arif Kemal whose real name is  Arif Karakale, comes back to his country soon and makes  Red Türküleri-5,  not depraving us  from his talents any longer.


Haluk Özkan: We met him with "Vira Bismillah". Then we loved him with two magnificent albums called "Dost Dost İlle Kavga"and "İdam Gecesi". The singer who gave life to beautiful compositions with his extraordinary voice, he showed a rebellious posture with his albums during 1980s. He changed his tone with the album  ´Deli Sevda´. But again he did lovely works, in fact with his second tune, he become more famous. The singer released the album ´Mutlu Aşk Yoktur ´ in 2011.

Grup Merhaba: Consisting of the names Cem Doğan, Göksun Doğan, who also worked for  Ezginin Gunlugu, Varol Bulut, Birsel Acar ve Ali Bülbül, the group´s album Memleketim  is for archiving. The song made by Cem Doğan for the poem ´Acıyı Bal Eyledik´  from Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil  is an amazing composition. The album also contains the beautiful songs like Ertuğrul Ağıtı, Memleketim, Ağıt and Ne Fayda. Unfortunately the group could not repeat the   same performance after the first album and split.


Ferhat Tunç  : the singer, who made  the album with Kizilirmak, called ´Bu Yürek Bu Sevda Var İken´ which himself referred as ´carrying the signs of objections to coup of 1980´, in germany -where he went in 1979- made his name known to the large crowd with the album ´Vurgunum Hasretine´  ,  released in 1986. The songs Kerem Gibi, Vurgunum Hasretine, Söyleyin Ağlamasınlar and  Birleşir Ellerimiz were loved very much.  The singer who continued with the albums, Ay Işığı, Yana Yana and Yaşam Direnmektir, got some negative reaction from his loyal listeners because he changed his direction during the period while he worked with Prestij Müzik . Fehat Tunch who made 20 albums and still continues with his music, explained his philosophy as ´life is resisting´ in an interview he gave to daily Taraf´s "20 questions" section.

Grup Baran: They almost exploded with the album Yediveren in the end of 80s. The song, Istanbul, lyrics from Vedat Türkali  , entered amongst the classics in this type of music. But  after releasing their second album ´Kuytuda Başak´ they split and the founder of the group Onur Akin started to work by himself.



Gülhan: Gulhan Tabak who used his first name in his albums, he had quite a good number of listeners with the albums Çiçek Annem and Gözyaşları da Çiçek Açar. I don´t know the first one but  Gözyaşları da Çiçek Açar was a lovely album. Especially the song which gave the name to the album, was so intense that it could make a mess out you.

Hasret Gültekin: he realesed his album, Gün Olaydı  ,  when he was only 16. The singer who then, made the album Rüzgârın Kanatları too, kept singing with his beautiful voice until he got murdered in Hotel Madımak  in July  1993.

The source:  http://www.taraf.com.tr/hakan-tore/makale-12-eylul-sonrasi-muhalif-muzik-3.htm

 

Önceki iki hafta, Anadolu’da muhalif müziğin geçmişini incelemiş; ozanlar ve kentli ozanlar bahsinde isyankâr türkülerin evrimini ele almıştım. Sonrasında 80’li yıllarda ortaya çıkan protest akımı iki sınıfa ayırarak, “temeli halk müziği olan, devrimci söyleme sahip sanatçılar”ı anlatmaya Ahmet Kaya ve Grup Yorum ile başlamıştım. Bu hafta, bazı farklılıklarına rağmen aynı kategoriye dâhil edilebilecek isimlerle devam edeceğim.

Öncelikle şunu söylemek lazım: Dönemin devrimci sanatçıları arasında, yukarıda ismini andıklarım başka bir yerde durur. İkisinin çağdaşları, onlar kadar geniş kitlelere ve zamana yayılamadı. Lakin Unkapanı’nın “özgün müzik” bombardımanı arasında çok değerli sanatçılarla tanıştık, çok güzel albümler dinledik. Yerimiz yettiğince onlardan bahsedelim…

» Arif Kemal: 1987’de Red Türküleri-1 adlı albüm yayınlandığında “İşte yeni Ahmet Kaya” denmişti. Oysa Ahmet Kaya “deli” bir Anadolu çocuğuydu; dobra isyankârdı, “Ahmet Abi” idi; Arif Kemal ise naif, akademik müzik eğitiminin çizdiği sınırlar içinde sakin bir muhalifti. Albüm gerçekten çok güzeldi. Yağmur Atsız’ın Gece Gelen Konuk ve Ataol Behramoğlu’nun Bu Aşk Burada Biter şiirleri, Arif Kemal’in enfes besteleriyle bu albümde yer alıyordu. Söz-müziği Kemal’e ait olan Vururlar, Asma Altı, Öfkem ve sözlerini Kenan Ercan’ın yazdığı Kanayan gibi güçlü şarkılar da cabası. Aslında Red Türküleri, her albümünde başka bir sanatçıya yer verilmesi planlanan bir koleksiyon projesiydi. Lakin Arif Kemal’in performansı üzerine seriye onunla devam edildi ve maalesef şarkılarıyla, ama özellikle düzenlemeleriyle pek de parlak olmayan Red Türküleri-2 yayınlandı. Neyse ki birkaç ay sonra, çok güzel parçalar barındıran Red Türküleri-3: Asıl Adalet o hayal kırıklığını dağıttı. Nâzım Hikmet, Paul Éluard, Bertolt Brecht ve Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil şiirlerinin kullanıldığı albümde usta kompozitör Tuğrul Karataş’ın müzikal dokunuşları kendini belli ediyordu. Konser kayıtlarından oluşan Red Türküleri-4’ten sonra albüm yapmayan Arif Kemal, uzun süredir yurtdışında müzik öğretmenliği yapıyor. Asıl adıArif Karakale olan sanatçı umarım en yakın zamanda memlekete döner ve bestecilik yeteneğinden bizi daha fazla mahrum etmeyerek Red Türküleri-5’i çıkarır.

» Haluk Özkan: Onu Vira Bismillah ile tanıdık. Ardından gelen Dost Dost İlle Kavga ve İdam Gecesi adlı iki muhteşem albümle çok sevdik. Güzel bestelerine olağanüstü sesiyle hayat veren sanatçı, 80’li yıllarda yaptığı albümlerde protest bir duruş sergiliyordu. 1994’te yayınlanan Deli Sevda ile birlikte üslubunu değiştirdi. Ama yine güzel işlere imza attı, hatta ikinci döneminde daha tanınır hâle geldi. Sanatçı en son 2011 tarihli Mutlu Aşk Yoktur adlı albümü çıkardı.

» Grup Merhaba: Ezginin Günlüğü ile de çalışmış olan Cem Doğan ile Göksun Doğan, Varol Bulut, Birsel Acar ve Ali Bülbül’den oluşan grubun Memleketim adlı albümü arşivliktir. Cem Doğan’ın, Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil’in Acıyı Bal Eyledik şiirine yaptığı beste harikadır. Albümde ayrıca Ertuğrul Ağıtı, Memleketim, Ağıt ve Ne Fayda gibi çok güzel şarkılar vardır. Grup, ne yazık ki sonrasında ilk albümün performansını yineleyememiş ve dağılmıştır.

» Ferhat Tunç: 1979 yılında gittiği Almanya’da Kızılırmak ve kendisinin “12 Eylül’e itirazın izlerini taşıyor” dediği Bu Yürek Bu Sevda Var İken adlı albümleri hazırlayan sanatçı, adını geniş kitlelere 1986 yılında yayınlanan Vurgunum Hasretine ile duyurdu. Albümde yer alanKerem Gibi, Vurgunum Hasretine, Söyleyin Ağlamasınlar ve Birleşir Ellerimiz çok sevildi. Ay Işığı Yana Yana ve Yaşam Direnmektir albümleriyle yoluna devam eden sanatçı, Prestij Müzik ile çalıştığı dönemde çizgisinden kaydığı gerekçesiyle sadık dinleyicilerinin tepkisini çekti. 20 albüme imza atan ve müzik çalışmalarını sürdüren Ferhat Tunç, Taraf’ın “20 Soru” köşesi için verdiği röportajda hayat felsefesini “yaşamak direnmektir” olarak açıklamıştı. 

» Grup Baran: 80’lerin sonunda Yediveren ile adeta patladı. Albümde yer alan ve şiiri Vedat Türkali’ye ait olan İstanbul, bu türün klasikleri arasına girdi. Gelgelelim ikinci albümleriKuytuda Başak’ı çıkardıktan sonra dağıldılar ve grubun kurucusu Onur Akın solo çalışmalara başladı. 

» Gülhan: Albümlerinde ilk ismini kullanan Gülhan Tabak, Çiçek Annem ve Gözyaşları da Çiçek Açar ile hatırı sayılır bir dinleyici kitlesi edindi. İlkini pek bilmiyorum ama Gözyaşları da Çiçek Açar çok güzel bir albümdü. Özellikle albüme adını veren şarkı adamı darmadağın ederdi, öylesine çarpıcıydı.

» Hasret Gültekin: Henüz 16 yaşındayken Gün Olaydı albümünü çıkarmıştı. SonrasındaRüzgârın Kanatlarında’ya imza atan sanatçı 2 Temmuz 1993’te “Madımak Oteli”nde katledilene kadar güzel sesiyle güzel türküler söylemeye devam etti.

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Thread: Word Game

592.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 25 May 2013 Sat 03:15 pm

 

Quoting harp00n

Abartmak - Exaggerate

 

Kabadayı -bully(? actually kabadayi is more than a bully. Any ideas?)

 

ps. I think this game as it is, is quite simple.. maybe we should set a theme with each week  and select the words from that theme. (ie geography, politics, cooking/food etc) any ideas?



Edited (5/25/2013) by thehandsom



Thread: Word Game

593.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 25 May 2013 Sat 01:56 am

Rezalet - disgrace



Thread: Word Game

594.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 24 May 2013 Fri 09:07 pm

Resim (picture)



Thread: kadikoy/princess islands

595.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 24 May 2013 Fri 10:48 am

 

Quoting Johnk

We are spending 3 days in Kadikoy next month. We have stayed on the other side and seen all the main sights. This time we want a relaxing holiday!!

I have read about places to visit as follows

Uskudar

Bagdat caddesi

Fenerbahce Lighthouse garden and park

Guneslibahce sokak.

 

Can anyone recommend anywhere in particualr to visit and of course any restaurants.

 

We would like to visit one of the Princess Islands.Buyukada seems to be the most popular.What of the others? Would prefer an island without too many hills as my wife cant walk too far due to arthritis. Though I believe there are horse drawn carriages.

 

My ideas will be:

-Spend a day around Uskudar visiting Valide Sultan mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atik_Valide_Mosque) , Mihrimah sultan mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihrimah_Sultan_Mosque_%28%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar%29) and semsi pasa mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemsi_Pasha_Mosque) -a tiny but sweet mosque- (it was mentioned in my column too)  and walk back to Kadikoy. Spend the evening in one of the restaurants in Carsi, -raki and fish- and a good night sleep.

-Second day, take a bus from Uskudar and go to Kanlica to have Turkish coffee or a light lunch there and then go to Camlica for tea. Still have time? go to Moda in Kadikoy.

-Third day , yes I would not mind going to prince islands which is a full day thing.

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Thread: please help trk to english translation pls

596.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 24 May 2013 Fri 12:58 am

 

Quoting Abla

 

Hi, without names please. My sister-in-law has a baby who has not reached the age of forty days yet. The baby coughs fitfully with no break at times. It breaks the heart to listen to it. They took him/her to the doctor. No medicine was given to the baby because he was not forty days old yet. Please could experienced mothers help us? What can we do? Any ideas?

 

God knows why doctors would not give any medicine.. This is an old tradition and I think, it might be, possibly,  from the times with outbreaks of diseases and aiming to protect the baby from the germs etc. But still in these days? and the doctor would not give madication. It does not sound right to me.



Thread: Former state of emergency regional governor found dead

597.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 23 May 2013 Thu 05:54 pm

Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, a former state of emergency regional governor in southeastern Turkey, was found dead in his apartment in Istanbul early this morning, with reports suggesting the cause of death may have been suicide.

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source:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-former-state-of-emergency-regional-governor-found-dead.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47454&NewsCatID=341

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-316275-former-emergency-rule-governor-kozakcioglu-dies-in-apparent-suicide.html

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He was the blackbox of extra ordinary times. A dark horse, wherever he went, the death went with him. He was the first regional governor in the southeast abnd during this time many people dissappeard. He was the governer of Istanbul when they failed to capture anybody alive. They always killed.. They say it is a suicide.  



Thread: what caught my eye today

598.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 23 May 2013 Thu 01:44 pm

Butchering a soldier in the middle of London.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22634468

 



Thread: turk to english will be a challange

599.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 23 May 2013 Thu 10:56 am

 

what I dont like is people trying to cover up their primitive racist ideas by saying that  they are nationalists, they are patriots. When they won in the past people got tortured, people got gassed in the caves like animals or people ended up in on the side of the roads with a bullet in the back of their heads.

They were never forgotten!! 

That is the reason why we always remember the words ´patriotism is the last refuge of a scuondrel´

 



Thread: What are you listening now?

600.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 23 May 2013 Thu 10:42 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TuIrU38trI

Cokertme - Tolga Candar

 

Since we woke up with Ege Turkuleri - Agean folk songs- a zeybek- agean traditional dance- will go well..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY2YQPS2vo8



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