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Scene report: ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC FROM TURKEY

14. May 2019

Szenereport: ROCK UND PSYCHEDELIC AUS DER TÜRKEI

The rock scene in Turkey is almost unknown in German-speaking countries. Since the late sixties, an independent variety of contemporary music has developed there, whose exotic, even psychedelic charm lies precisely in the mix of tradition and modernity. Bir sevgili uğruna, Sen de benim gibi yanma arkadaş", and later in the chorus: "O yaşlı gözlerine, o yalan sözlerine, Kanma arkadaş" - many sang these lines of text. The hard rocker Ogün Sanlısoy for example - his video has been clicked 1.5 million times on YouTube so far. Likewise Yıldız Tilbe, Turk of Kurdish descent, who has released 15 albums since the 90s and also attracted attention with drastic anti-Semitic remarks (3.7 million clicks). The same goes for Umut Kaya (2.2 million clicks) - they all covered the song "Anma Arkadaş" by Erkin Koray.