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TOP 50

(All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)

1. Duman 81,800 people (kişi tarafından) 2.058.000 times (kez) - Grunge


2. Sezen Aksu 88,900 - 1.769.000 - Pop
3. Teoman 76,600 - 1.515.000 - Rock
4. Mor ve Ötesi 92,300 - 1.490.000 - Alternative Rock
5. Şebnem Ferah 84,900 - 1.415.000 - Rock


6. Tarkan 102,000 - 1.290.000 - Pop
7. Pinhani 67,200 - 1.191.000 - Soft Rock
8. Hayko Cepkin 47,300 - 822,000 - Alternative Rock
9. Vega 61.000 - 800.000 - Alternative Rock
10. Sagopa Kajmer 23.600 - 800.000 - Rap
11. Sertab Erener 78,600 - 789.000 - Pop
12. Hande Yener 50,700 - 771.000 - Electro-Pop
13. Gripin 57,600 - 755.000 - Rock
14. Kurban 37,100 - 697,000 - Punk Rock
15. Kenan Doğulu 66,500 - 695,000 - Pop
16. Nil Karaibrahimgil 60.000 - 690.000 - Pop
17. Ezginin Günlüğü 39,000 - 632,000 - Folk Pop
18. Feridun Düzağaç 60,600 - 609,000 - Rock

19. Emre Aydın 58.000 - 601.000 - Pop Rock


20. Barış Manço 58,100 - 571.000 - Pop Rock
21. Mercan Dede 54,500 - 570.000 - World Music
22. Yalın 56,000 -550.000 - Pop
23. Baba Zula 48,000 - 538.000 - Experimental
24. Candan Erçetin 58,900 - 522.000 - Pop
25. Kargo 49.000 - 520.000 - Pop Rock
26. Ajda Pekkan 44,900 - 514.000 - Pop
27. Cem Karaca 48,600 - 510.000 - Anatolian Rock
28. Athena 40,000 - 500.000 - Ska Punk
29. Replikas 33,700 - 488,000 - Experimental Rock
30. Manga 40,000 - 485.000 - Rap Rock
31. Ceza 35,800 - 483,000 - Rap
32. Ahmet Kaya 14,900 - 474.000 - Folk Pop
33. Yüksek Sadakat 47,200 - 453.000 - Pop Rock
34. Demir Demirkan 46,400 - 450.000 - Rock
35. Nev 47.000 - 450.000 - Soft Rock
36. Redd 36,000 - 440.000 - Alternative Rock
37. Mustafa Sandal 49,400 - 438.000 - Pop
38. Çilekeş 53,200 - 429,000 - Alternative Metal
39. Yeni Türkü 16,100 - 425,000 - Folk Pop
40. Bülent Ortacgil 15,400 - 421,000 - Indie Folk
41. Sakin 25.100 - 399.000 - Rock
42. Yaşar 44,200 - 399,000 - Pop
43. MFÖ 36.600 - 395.000 - Pop Rock
44. Erkan Oğur 48,400 - 393.000 - Folk, Jazz
45. Nazan Öncel 43,000 - 391,000 - Pop
46. Funda Arar 41,400 - 389,000 - Pop
47. Pentagram 19,000 - 380,000 - Thrash, Folk, Heavy Metal
48. Fikret Kızılok 48,400 - 378.000 - Anatolian Rock
49. Erkin Koray 42,100 - 376.000 - Anatolian Rock, Psychedelic Rock
50. Kazım Koyuncu 33.200 - 358.000 - Folk

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Dream Theater
2. Poets of the Fall
3. John Mayer
4. Trapt
5. Breaking Benjamin
6. Pink Floyd
7. Kings of Convenience
8. Çilekeş
9. Pain of Salvation
10. Opeth
11. City and Colour
12. Bleak
13. Iron Maiden
14. Thomas Dybdahl
15. Metallica
16. Novembre
17. Skillet
18. Freak Kitchen
19. Linkin Park
20. Bülent Ortaçgil

1. Liquid Tension Experiment
2. Jordan Rudess
3. John Petrucci
4. James LaBrie
5. Symphony X
6. Transatlantic
7. Liquid Trio Experiment
8. Ayreon

9. Playground
10. Sunrise Avenue
11. The Rasmus
12. Theory of a Deadman
13. Uniklubi
14. Happoradio
15. Three Days Grace
16. 51koodia

17. Jason Mraz
18. David Ryan Harris
19. Matt Wertz
20. Gavin DeGraw
21. Matt Nathanson
22. Amos Lee
23. Jack Johnson
24. Josh Kelley

25. Crossfade
26. 12 Stones
27. Evans Blue
28. Smile Empty Soul
29. TRUSTcompany
30. 10 Years

31. Hinder
32. Chevelle
33. Seether
34. Three Doors Down

35. David Gilmour
36. Roger Waters
37. Syd Barrett
38. Led Zeppelin
39. Rick Wright
40. The Doors
41. Porcupine Tree
42. King Crimson

43. The Whitest Boy Alive
44. Erlend Øye
45. José González
46. Feist
47. Sondre Lerche
48. Iron & Wine
50. Phoenix
51. Seabear

52. Kurban
53. Manga
54. Gripin
55. Direc-t
56. Demir Demirkan
57. Hayko Cepkin
58. Şebnem Ferah
59. Duman

60. Evergrey
61. Circus Maximus
62. Deadsoul Tribe
63. Wolverine
64. Shadow Gallery
65. Ark

66. Agalloch
67. Death
68. Gojira
69. Cynic
70. Katatonia
71. Bloodbath

72. Luke Pickett
73. Dallas Green
74. Dustin Kensrue
75. Anthony Green
76. Black Lungs
77. Neverending White Lights
78. Attack In Black
79. William Fitzsimmons

80. Crumbland
81. So Called Plan
82. Private Line
83. Deep Insight
84. Bloodpit
85. Suburban Tribe

86. Megadeth
87. Saxon
88. Dio
89. Iced Earth
90. Black Sabbath
91. Blaze
92. Judas Priest
93. Bruce Dickinson

94. Ane Brun
95. Teitur
96. Thom Hell
97. Magnet
98. BigBang
99. Minor Majority
100. Jim Stärk
101. The National Bank

102. Motörhead
103. Sepultura
104. Machine Head
105. Anthrax
106. Slayer
107. Pantera

108. Saturnus
109. The Old Dead Tree
110. Novembers Doom
111. The Foreshadowing
112. October Tide
113. Rapture
114. Daylight Dies

115. Seventh Day Slumber
116. Fireflight
117. Red
118. Kutless
119. Falling Up
120. Disciple
121. Pillar
122. Thousand Foot Krutch

123. Planet X
124. Sun Caged
125. A.C.T
126. Ron Thal
127. Bumblefoot
128. Mattias IA Eklundh

129. Adema
130. P.O.D.
131. Korn
132. Limp Bizkit
133. Papa Roach
134. Xero
135. Fort Minor
136. Disturbed

137. Fikret Kızılok
138. Erkan Oğur
139. Zuhal Olcay
140. Yeni Türkü
141. MFÖ
142. Yavuz Cetin
143. Pinhani
144. Mehmet Güreli

TOP 20 MUSICIANS to LISTEN from ANATOLIA

(All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)

1.Dede Efendi - Turkish Classical - 1778 born composer, developer of many Turkish music forms



Russian Red Army Choir and Ottoman Army Choir performing Dede Efendi composition in Moscow.

2.Sezen Aksu - Pop, Psychedelic Pop - Little Sparrow of Turkish Pop and teacher of Tarkan, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel and many other Pop singers



Oud intro makes song fascinating for people who like both slow pop music and also oriental instruments.

3.Tanburi Cemil Bey - Turkish Classical, Tanbur Virtuoso - Greatest Tanbur Virtuoso of the history

4.Erkin Koray - Anatolian Rock, Rock'n Roll - First person to ever play Rock'n Roll in Turkey

Listen "Sevince" by Erkin Koray



Erkin Koray never sent his daughter to school because of his negative opinions about traditional education systems.


5.Erkan Oğur - Turkish Folk, Guitar Virtuoso - A Pioneer of fretless guitars

Listen "Zeynep" by Erkan Oğur



Multi-Instrumentalist Erkan Oğur got fame in his older times but he is always accepted greatest guitar player of Turkish music history.


6.Münir Nurettin Selçuk - Vocal Turkish Classical - Tenor singer of 1940s

7.Idil Biret - Classical Pianist - Most talented female Classical Pianist of Turkish Music History

8.Müzeyyen Senar - Vocal Turkish Classical - Turkish singer who had great admiration by Ataturk

9.Barış Manço - Anatolian Rock, Pop Rock

His visual image characterised by his long hair, mustache and big rings softened the reaction of otherwise conservative Turkish public opinion regarding the marginal visual appearances. - Wikipedia



Barış Manço is maybe most well-known figure of Turkish Music. He is famous for his peaceful personality and TV programmes which in he did travel the world.

10.Zeki Muren - Vocal Turkish Classical

Sun of classical Turkish music, Pasha. Müren dressed effeminately, wearing large, ornate rings and heavy make up, especially in the later years of his life. In many ways, he had a pioneering role in rendering the Turkish society more accepting about homosexuality. He, with his distinct style, remained a highly respected artist throughout his career, and in a sense, paved the way for many later, more openly gay or transsexual Turkish artists. - Wikipedia



Zeki Muren had always close relations with audience. He is telling elegant words to his spectators in the video.

11.Bülent Ortaçgil - Acoustic Rock - Bülent Ortaçgil famous for his unique style of music. His lyrics are mostly about games and childhood memories.



Ortacgil's best album's Indie Folk treasure


12.Fikret Kızılok - Acoustic Rock, Protest

13.Aşık Veysel - Turkish Folk, Sung Poetry - He was blind for the most of his lifetime. His songs have usually sad tunes, often talking about inevitability of death

14.Omar Faruk Tekbilek - World Music, Sufi - Worldwide famous Sufi musician

15.Neşet Ertaş - Turkish Folk - Turkish folk music singer, lyrics writer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama

16.Orhan Gencebay - World Music, Arabesque, Fusion Music



From Crossing the Bridge (Best Documentarical movie about Turkish Music) Orhan Gencebay performing one of his signature songs "Hatasız Kul Olmaz" and Baba Zula talking about his importance in Turkish Music.

17.Cem Karaca - Anatolian Rock

In the 1970s, Turkey's image was damaged by political violence between supporters of the left and the right, separatist movements and the rise of Islamism. As the country fell into chaos, the government suspected Cem Karaca of involvement. At times he was accused of treason for being a separatist thinker and a Marxist-Leninist. The Turkish government tried to portray Karaca as a man, who was unknowingly writing songs to start a revolution. - Wikipedia

18.Mercan Dede - World Music, Sufi, Ambient

Listen "Halitus" by Mercan Dede



Turkish DJ Arkın Allen aka Mercan Dede is multi-instrumentalist and one of the most famous representers of religious philosophy of Sufism in music

19.Fazıl Say - Classical Pianist



His Classical + Jazz performance of Mozart's Turkish March

20.Okay Temiz - Fusion, Drums



From New Year Celebrations of Turkish Radio Television (TRT)


HONORABLE MENTION

Sertab Erener - Pop, Operatic Pop

Listen "Ask" by Sertab Erener

Burhan Öçal - World Music, Drums

Baba Zula - Psychedelic Folk - Most different folk band of Turkey

Listen "Çöl Aslanları" by Baba Zula

Selda - Anatolian Rock, Folk

Listen "Ince Ince" by Selda

Şebnem Ferah - Turkish Rock

Listen "Bu Aşk Fazla Sana" by Şebnem Ferah



She is highly respected Rock singer in Turkey for last two decades.

Moğollar - Folk Rock

Teoman - Turkish Rock



Short movie, sad story, beautiful song, English subtitles added by me.


Ezginin Günlüğü - Folk-Pop, Psychedelic Pop



Year: 1990, Song: Çocuğun kurguları - Fantasies of Child , Video: BBC Earth Documentary, edited by me.


Replikas - Experimental Rock

Nekropsi - Progressive Rock

Levent Yüksel - Ethno-Pop

Yeni Türkü - Ethno-Folk

Leman Sam - Folk-Pop

Agire Jiyan - Kurdish Folk



Safiye Ayla - Vocal Turkish Classical

Ruhi Su - Folk



Ruhi Su with legendary minstrel Aşık Veysel

Ahmet Kaya - Protest, Folk



At 10 February 1999 televised annual music awards ceremony, SHOW TV, at which he was to be named Musician of the Year, he spoke out about his 'Kurdish' background and said that he wanted to produce music in his native Kurdish as naturally as he does in Turkish. He announced that he had recorded a song in Kurdish (Karwan, released on the Hoşçakalın Gözüm album in 2001) and intended to produce a video to accompany it. At this event he was attacked by some Turkish singers like Serdar Ortac, Ebru Gundes and many other singers because of his stance on the use of Kurdish. Kaya went to France in June 1999 escaping various charges arising from his political views. He died of a heart attack in Paris in 2000, at the age of 43.




Honorable Mention (Others) : Edip Akbayram, Hande Yener (Turkish Madonna - innovative early Pop lately Electro singer), Pinhani, Mor ve Ötesi, Aşık Mahsuni Şerif, Fuat Saka, Candan Erçetin, Nilüfer, Ajda Pekkan (Superstar of Turkey), Şivan Perver (Kurdish musician who lives abroad), Kardeş Türküler, Kızılırmak, Grup Yorum, Duman, Athena (Ska band), Seyyan Hanım (Most respected Turkish Tango singer), Sabahat Akkiraz (Folk singer), Özlem Tekin, Tarkan(Worldwide famous Turkish Pop Singer), Leyla Gencer ( La Diva Turca), İbrahim Tatlıses(one of the greatest voices of Turkey), Kudsi Ergüner...

BEST TURKISH ALBUMS by GENRES

• Best folk Album:
  Bülent Ortaçgil
  Benimle Oynar Mısın (1974)
  
  Best anatolian rock Album:
  Erkin Koray
  Elektronik Türküler (1974)
  
  Best psychedelic rock Album:
  Erkin Koray
  Elektronik Türküler (1974)
  
  Best anatolian folk music Album:
  Selda
  Selda (1976)
  
  Best progressive rock Album:
  Nekropsi
  Mi Kubbesi (1996)
  
  Best alternative rock Album:
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Dünya Yalan Söylüyor
  
  Best hip hop Album:
  ceza
  Rapstar (2004)
  
  Best psychedelic pop Album:
  Sezen Aksu
  Gülümse (1991)
  
  Best ska punk Album:
  Athena
  Holigan (1998)
  
  Best new age Album:
  can atilla
  Ave (1999)
  
  Best electronica Album:
  Portecho
  Undertone (2006)
  
  Best rap rock Album:
  Manga
  Manga (2004)
  
  Best beat music Album:
  Mavi Işıklar
  Mavi Işıklar (1969)
  
  Best ska Album:
  Athena
  Athena (2005)
  
  Best folk rock Album:
  Moğollar
  Moğollar (1976)
  
  Best nu metal Album:
  Çilekeş
  Y.O.K (2005)
  
  Best instrumental Album:
  Taksim Trio
  Taksim Trio (2007)
  
  Best industrial rock Album:
  Hayko Cepkin
  Tanışma Bitti (2007)
  
  Best gypsy music Album:
  Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
  Sultan's Secret Door (1997)
  
  Best hard rock Album:
  Dr. Skull
  Rools 4 Fools (1992)
  
  Best heavy metal Album:
  Mezarkabul
  Unspoken (2001)
  
  Best progressive metal Album:
  Mezarkabul
  Unspoken (2001)
  
  Best krautrock Album:
  Replikas
  Dadaruhi(2002)
  
  Best progressive metal Album:
  mezarkabul
  Unspoken (2001)
  
  Best modern classical Album:
  Fazıl Say
  Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (2000)
  
  Best classical Album:
  Fazıl Say
  Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (2000)
  
  Best psychedelic folk Album:
  3 Hür-El
  Hürel Arşivi (1974)
  
  Best acoustic rock Album:
  Fikret Kızılok
  Zaman Zaman (1983)
  
  Best experimental rock Album:
  Replikas
  Avaz (2005)
  
  Best rock Album:
  Şebnem Ferah
  Kadın (1996)
  
  Best jazz Album:
  Okay Temiz
  Zikir (1981)
  
  Best soft rock Album:
  Pinhani
  İnandığın Masallar (2006)
  
  Best world music Album:
  Mercan Dede
  Su (2004)
  
  Best ethnic music Album:
  Baba Zula
  Üç Oyundan Onyedi Müzik (1999)
  
  Best alternative metal Album:
  The Climb
  The Climb (1998)
  
  Best sufi music Album:
  Omar Faruk Tekbilek
  Tree of Patience (2005)
  
  Best hard rock Album:
  Hardal
  Nasil? Ne Zaman? (1982)
  
  Best heavy psych Album:
  Bunalım
  Bunalımlar
  
  Best punk rock Album:
  Kurban
  İnsanlar (2005)
  
  Best blues rock Album:
  Yavuz Çetin
  Satılık (2001)
  
  Best pop music Album:
  Sertab Erener
  Sertab Gibi (1997)
  
  Best gothic metal Album:
  Catafalque
  Dialectique (2007)
  
  Best death metal Album:
  Cenotaph
  Pseudo Verminal Cadaverium(2003)
  
  Best power metal Album:
  Almora
  1945 (2006)
  
  Best speed metal Album:
  Mezarkabul
  Pentagram[as Pentagram] (1990)
  
  Best symphonic metal Album:
  Almora
  1945 (2006)
  
  Best ambient Album:
  Dimness Through Infinity
  Nymph (2004)
  
  Best pop rock Album:
  MFÖ
  Ele Güne Karşı Yapayalnız (1984)
  
  Best jazz fusion Album:
  Okay Temiz
  Kutlama Celebration (1998)
  
  Best electronic Album:
  Ilhan Mimaroğlu
  Musiques Noires(1983)

Most Famous Turkish Musicians Abroad;

1. Tarkan - 6 million listeners (%62 of his total listeners)
Mostly from; Poland, Russia, Brazil, United Kingdom
2. Omar Faruk Tekbilek - 3,9 million listeners (%77 of his total listeners)
Mostly from; U.S.A, Spain
3. Mor ve Ötesi - 3,2 million listeners (%38 of their total listeners)
Mostly from; Russia, Poland, Finland
4. Mercan Dede - 1,35 million listeners (%52 of his total listeners)
Mostly from; Poland, U.S.A, Germany
5. Sertab Erener - 1,15 million listeners (%32 of her total listeners)
Mostly from; Ukraine, Russia, Germany
6. Mustafa Sandal - 1,15 million listeners (%46 of his total listeners)
Mostly from; Germany, Poland, U.S.A, Russia
7. Athena - 0,9 million listeners (%36 of their total listeners)
Mostly from; Germany, Spain, Poland, Russia
8. Baba Zula - 0,75 million listeners (%29 of their total listeners)
Mostly from; Germany, Poland
9. İbrahim Tatlıses - 0,6 million listeners (%32 of his total listeners)
Mostly from; Germany, Bulgaria
10. Selda - 0,6 million listeners (%90 of her total listeners)
Mostly from; U.S.A

Why I wrote this: I enjoy witnessing that good (English) music can come from "world-success-outsider" countries. I try to discover some of it. I will love to enjoy recommendations based on my listenings from you who'll read this entry.

02 Damien Rice - IRELAND
03 Ulver - NORWAY
13 U2 - IRELAND
19 Riverside - POLAND
21 Pain of Salvation - SWEDEN
24 Apocalyptica - FINLAND
25 Billie the Vision & The Dancers - SWEDEN
29 Björk - ICELAND
31 The Frames - IRELAND
36 HIM - FINLAND
37 The Gathering - THE NETHERLANDS
43 Placebo - SWEDEN/ENGLAND
45 Sezen Aksu - TURKEY

3: IRELAND
2,5: SWEDEN
2: FINLAND
1: NORWAY
1: POLAND
1: THE NETHERLANDS
1: ICELAND
1: TURKEY
=> All European!
=> All countries where English is spoken like a mother tongue, except for Poland and Turkey.
=> And Only Sezen Aksu doesn't sing in English.
=>=> Not that varied at the end of the day. :(

Performers that probably won't make it to the Top 50 next year:
- SWEDEN Pain of Salvation => Katatonia may take their place
- IRELAND The Frames => if Glen Hansard records a good album with his band or solo or with Marketa, Ireland may keep the "score"
- THE NETHERLANDS The Gathering

Countries that'll probably have more representatives in my Top 50 next year (possible new entries):
TURKEY: Bülent Ortaçgil, Athena, Yeni Türkü, Zülfü Livaneli, Barış Manço, MFÖ
GERMANY: Reinhard Mey, Blackmail, Schiller
CANADA: Alanis Morrisette
JAMAICA: Bob Marley
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA/YUGOSLAVIA: Goran Bregović
FINLAND: ShamRain
MEXICO/IRELAND: Rodrigo y Gabriela
(MEXICO/USA: If Santana comes out with another good album)
(SLOVENIA: If Laibach comes out with another good album)

I am not a great cinema fan. I think i haven't seen a movie on cinema this year until yesterday.
But this week started Hokkabaz a new Cem Yılmaz movie starring Özlem Tekin, who is currently my favorite singer according to the Last.fm "rolling 3 months charts".

Reviewers wrote that Hokkabaz, a roadmovie of two short-sighted magicians, is not as funny as G.O.R.A, the previous Cem Yılmaz movie (which unfortunately i have not seen yet). But for me it was great fun to watch and i can only recommend it. (In Vienna it is shown in only 3 cinemas, Milleniumcity, Donauplex and Lugner).

There is only one thing i missed. Two great pop musicians played main characters (next to Özlem also Mazhar Alanson of MFÖ), and a creepy home organ played a prominent role, but no single song, not even in the credits section :-(. Anybody got an explanation for this?

MFÖ 22 Temmuz - 9 Eylül Tarihlerini Kapsayan Bir Türkiye Turnesine Çıkıyor. MFÖ yü İzlemek İsteyenler İçin İşte Konser Programı:

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ İstanbul
22 Temmuz Cumartesi 21:00
Kuruçeşme Arena-Konser / Pop Rock

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ Antalya
1 Ağustos Salı 21:15
Konyaaltı Açıkhava Tiyatrosu-Konser / Pop Rock

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ Çeşme
3 Ağustos Perşembe 21:15
Çeşme Açıkhava Tiyatrosu-Konser / Pop Rock

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ Bodrum
5 Ağustos Cumartesi 21:15
Bodrum Antik Tiyatro-Konser / Pop Rock

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ İzmir
5 Eylül Salı 21:00
İzmir Açıkhava Tiyatrosu-Konser / Pop Rock

MFÖ Efes Yaz Turnesi @ Bursa
7 Eylül Perşembe 21:00
Bursa Açıkhava Tiyatrosu-Konser / Pop Rock

I would like to begin this small journal about Turkish Rock. Please note the title which says "A History...", so it will by no means be exhaustive. It will simply be composed of my opinions and some other people who may be kind enough to post a reply.

The first names that come into my mind are MFÖ, Cem Karaca, Bulutsuzluk Özlemi, Ünlü, Kargo, Pentagram, Whisky, The Climb, Ersen ve Dadaslar, Sebnem Ferah, Yasar Kurt, Özlem Tekin, Baris Manco,Duman, Demir Demirkan,Erkin Koray,Kramp, Kesmeseker, Mor ve Ötesi .

Today's entry will simply be about MFÖ. Their very first albüm (as far as I know) was "Ele Güne Karsi" which contained the incredibly beautiful song Yalnızlık Ömür Boyu. although I was not old enough to figure out its true value at that time :)
Their fourth and arguably the best albüm was "Vak the Rock", one can actually see this by looking at their 1989 "Best of" albüm which contained 6 of the 10 songs from "Vak the Rock" albüm. To name a few:

Adimiz Miskindir Bizim which contained the lyrics from Yunus Emre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunus_Emre)

Bazen (I have nothing bad to say about this masterpiece)

They are still musically alive and making music albeit their production rate diminished significantly. This is mostly due to secondary jobs that the group members are on. Mazhar has released a solo albüm and all of them experienced some actorship in different productions. For me, Özkan is probably is the best "Bad Guy" ever :)

Their last albüm, which is recently released on 2006, is called "AGU". It is certainly good enough to fulfill the great expectations of the fans that had been waiting for a long time. My personal favorites are Milli Park, Sari Laleler, Silmez Gibisin where the last one is especially beautiful with the intense vocals of Fuat.