Ismail Türüt
Encyclopedia
İsmail Türüt is a Turkish folk singer
from the Black Sea Region.
, which has created a major controversy in Turkey.
The lyrics take aim at Americans, Russians, Kurds, Christians, Armenians and the Turks who support them, telling them not to make plans against the Black Sea region of Turkey. The lyrics praise
Ogün Samast
and Yasin Hayal
the alleged killers of the Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink
and end with "If a person betrays the country, he is finished off".
Whereas the song does not name Ogün, Yasin and Hrant Dink explicitly, a video clip posted on YouTube shows images of Ogün, Yasin and Hrant Dink throughout the song.
Hakan Öztekin of Çarşamba
claimed responsibility for making the video clip. He claims that he didn't have a political motive when creating the clip, but created the clip as a hobbyist.
Folk Singer
Folk Singer is a 1964 album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar...
from the Black Sea Region.
Albums
- Laz Uşağı
- Komşu Kızı Lazmısın Çerkezmisin
- Ondan Kaynana Olmaz
- Çay Güzeli
- Güzellere Bayram Var Hamsi
- Kara Sevdalı Fatma
- Zorla Güzellik Olmaz
- Oy Canan
- Akıllı Ol
- Hamsi Gözlüm
- Suzan
- Deniz Gözlüm
- Karadeniz Sofrası
- Piryoz
- Deli Zekiye
- Dünya Tatlısı
Plan Yapmayın Plan Controversy
In his latest album, Dünya Tatlısı, released late 2007 contains a song named Plans, don't make any plans, which has created a major controversy in Turkey.
The lyrics take aim at Americans, Russians, Kurds, Christians, Armenians and the Turks who support them, telling them not to make plans against the Black Sea region of Turkey. The lyrics praise
Ogün Samast
Ogün Samast
Ogün Samast is a Turkish ultra-nationalist who killed Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on January 19, 2007 in front of the headquarters of his newspaper Agos, in Osmanbey, Istanbul.-Background:...
and Yasin Hayal
Yasin Hayal
Yasin Hayal is a Turkish criminal who served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey, currently on trial for allegedly inciting Ogün Samast to assassinate Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink....
the alleged killers of the Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink or Հրանտ Դինք ) was a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent editor, journalist and columnist....
and end with "If a person betrays the country, he is finished off".
Whereas the song does not name Ogün, Yasin and Hrant Dink explicitly, a video clip posted on YouTube shows images of Ogün, Yasin and Hrant Dink throughout the song.
Hakan Öztekin of Çarşamba
Çarsamba
Çarşamba is a town and district of Samsun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is second largest district of the Samsun province after Bafra. The mayor is Hüseyin Dündar .-External links:*...
claimed responsibility for making the video clip. He claims that he didn't have a political motive when creating the clip, but created the clip as a hobbyist.