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Singer and actress Meral Polat searches for the roots of Turkish pop music. The music that the guest workers from Turkey brought with them to Europe. But she also meets the artists who are currently leading the charts with psychedelic rock, hip-hop and electro-pop.
2024
Meral meets the musicians who were inspired by the music movement from the 60s and 70s, which we have come to call Anadolu pop. Such as the Dutch-Turkish band Altin Gün, one of the Netherlands' largest musical exports. They tour all over the world and attract packed houses.
Led by the Dutch-Turkish band Altin Gün, there is a real revival of Anatolian psychedelic rock. In search of this musical mix, Meral discovers the earliest inspirations of Turkish folk music in the mountains in eastern Turkey. She also delves deeper into the 60s and 70s of the last century to find out how this Anatolian psychedelic rock and pop came about. With bands like Mogollar and Kurtalan Express, who formed the basis of this music movement.
Protest, resistance and oppression run like a common thread through Turkish history and this can be heard in the music. Artists, then and now, resist injustice and oppression with their music. Such as Cem Karaca, who fled to Germany after the military coup of 1980 and continued his musical career there.
Artists talk about the new reality in Turkey. Festivals and concerts are cancelled. Is there still room for artists to express their creativity and message? In conversation with Meral, musicians and bands such as Gaye Su Akyol and Lalalar talk about their hopes and how they see the future.
Meral Polat
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