http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9w3f3HQAh4&feature=related

BANA BIR MASAL ANLAT BABA
Bana bir masal anlat baba
İçinde bütün oyunlarım
Kurtla kuzu olsun şekerle bal
Baba bir masal anlat bana
İçinde denizle balıklar
Yağmurla kar olsun güneşle ay

Anlatırken tut elimi
Uykuya dalıp gitsem bile
Bırakıp gitme sakın beni

Anlatırken tut elimi
Uykuya dalıp gitsem bile
Birakip gitme sakin beni
Bana bir masal anlat baba
İçinde tüm sevdiklerim
İçinde Istanbul olsun

DADDY TELL ME A STORY
Dadddy tell me a story
About all the games I play
About wolves and lambs
sugar and honey
Daddy tell me a story
About the sea and the fish
The rain and snow
the moon and the sun
Hold my hand while telling it
Even if I get to sleep
Don't you ever leave me

Daddy tell me a story
About all my beloved ones
A story about Istanbul...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9w3f3HQAh4&feature=related

Here is a link with better sound quality :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rH0xvL6Lc

CEMBER
Ya disindasindir cemberin
Ya da icinde yer alacaksin
Kendin icindeyken kafan disindaysa
Caresi yok kardesim
her aksam boyle icip kederlenip
Mutsuz olacaksın
Meyhane masalarında kahrolocaksın
Siirlerle sarkilarla kendini avutacaksin
Ya disindasindir cemberin
Ya da icinde yer alacaksin

CIRCLE
You are either outside this circle
Or you will get a place in it

If you are in but your head is not
It cannot be helped brother
You will drink to misery every night
Ending each time with only despair
trying to forget it all with poems and songs

You are either outside this circle
Or you will get a place in it

If you like klasik kemence here are more links to Yeni Turku songs featuring the instrument:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWzFgKv4eQ

For those who are interested in the Klasik Kemence sound on this soundtrack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQLB8lOFSCo


This instrument is one of the most difficult to master; it is fretlesss and played by a gentle touch of the finger nails on the strings. Unless done precisely, it is impossible to get a nice sound from it.

Mamak Türküsü
geldiğimizde otlar yemyeşildi
ve kuzeydeydi güneş
kömür deposu boşaldı işte
Mamağa sonbahar geldi

güneş altında tutsaklar
geçen sonbahara bakıyorlar
şirin mi şirin gecekondu evleri
samsun asfaltında otomobiller
ne güzeldir yollarda olmak şimdi


The Ballad of Mamak
When we got there the grass was green
and the sun was shining from the North
the coal in the stores was moved away
and in Mamak the autumn was taking its toll

Under the sun were the captives
gazing at the fall that was passing by
and so lovely were the slum houses
and cars kept cruising on Samsun highway

How good it would be
to be on the roads again!
Translated by Akin



Here is a Youtube link featuring this song by Yeni Turku :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWP106PICbU

I remember the tragic end of her fateher. We felt very sorry then too. If you are at the forefront of something you get harmed more. This is the destiny of pioneers.
I hope her importance is felt by her countrysmen and other Bhuttos emerge to take up the flag; not only in politics but also in all spheres of life.

Thanks for all your nice wishes!

OK Kafesteki kus don't be so sorry. Here is a quick adaptation of your poem into Turkish:

Alisiyorum sana
hani insan alisir ya esrara
titreyerek eli uzanır o zehire,
işte ben öyle muhtacim senin nefesine
muhtacım soluğunda eriyip gitmeye
yokluğunda avutup arzularımı
kapandım bak kendi içime

şimdi artık tek derdim, umarım
hürriyet, hürriyet! diye haykırmak

There are more important problems in life than ageing.

For example; what did Opus mean when they wrote this song?
Can anyone make anything out of that?

And it's life (nanananana)
Life is life (nanananana)
Life is life (nanananana)
Labadab dab dab life (nanananana)

Life is life when we all feel the power
Life is life come on, stand up and dance
Life is life when the feeling of the people
Life is life is the feeling of the band

When we all give the power
We all give the best
Every minute of an hour
Don't think about the rest
Then you all get the power
You all get the best
When everyone gives everything
And every song everybody sings

I am talking about millions of people who live in Istanbul the way they would in their villages. Istanbul saw the most horrible kind of rapid urbanization beginning from 50's.