Sirinnar Radio

Sirinnar Radio

Has anyone heard of 'Sirinnar Radio'?

Here is a link, in case you would like to view the webpage, and listen to the radio. 

www.sirinnar.net/

This is a radio station, broadcasts from the beautiful city of Gaziantep, which is located south-east of Turkey.  

"What kind of music is this?"

Folk, to be specific, it is Anatolian Folk Music.  

Anatolian (Turkish) folk music, 

(Turk Halk muzigi) combines the very different and distinct cultures/civilizations that have lived in Anatolia over the past many, many centuries.  

This music was the most popular music genre of the mighty Ottoman Empire.  

After the foundation of Turkish Republic in 1923, the founder of the Republic, Mr Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, commissioned a wide-scale classification program and archived all of the samples of Anatolian folk music in the territories, this lasted until 1953. 

There was a collection of more then 10,000 folk songs from a wide body of languages, cultures and civilizations. 

Sirrannar Radio, offers a 'rich' variety of 'peaceful' music, to the listeners.  

I whole-heartedly recommend this station to people who are looking for something different. 

Thank you for reading.  

Coach Sergen & Gaziantepspor

Coach Sergen & Gaziantepspor

Today, I would like to flow-up on a previous blog I wrote, titled 'Sergen the Coach'.  If you have not read this yet, please do, as it is an informative blog on the coach of Mr Sergen Yalcin. 

Mr Sergen Yalcin, has declared on January 3rd that he will continue to coach Gaziantepspor Soccer Team.  The team has 4 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss under him.  

Prior to becoming the coach, 'Gaziantep' was in last place of the 18 team standing of the 'Super Lig' of Turkish Futbol Federation (TFF).  Now the team is in a respectable '12', many points above the bottom 3 that would be regulated to a bottom division, at the end of the season. 

Therefore, I wish 'Coach Sergen' longevity and success in the future.  

Also, I would like to congratulate 'Gaziantepspor' for 'working-out' the 'money issues' with the coaching staff and players, to keep this brilliant young Coach, at the helm.  

Sincerely.  

Sergen the Coach

Sergen the Coach 

I wanted to write about a coach named Sergen Yalcin today. 

Why you ask?

I like to keep current in the game of soccer/football, and look for interesting stories within this sport.  

Here is an a good story, you will not have heard/read on many news channels. 

Sergen Yalcin become the coach of Gaziantepspor Soccer Team, 45 days ago. 

The soccer team fired the previous coach, due to unsuccessful results and ended in the bottom of an 18 team league titled, 'Super League' of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). 

Since taking over the club as a coach, Sergen Yalcin has won all 4 games in charge for Gaziantepspor.  This is very surprising, as all games were against difficult clubs.  

After 4 weeks, the team went from being 'last' in the table to now in 10th place.  

Here is where the story gets interesting.  

Mr Sergen Yalcin has stated this week that he will quiet his job as a coach after 2 weeks, which will be after the end of 2 games, since the players are not getting their salaries regularly.

After 2 weeks, there will be a 1 month vacation in the 'Super League' of TFF.  

My advise to the management of Gaziantepspor Football Team are:

- solve the financial problem within the club, 

- pay your employees salaries on time, 

- respect each other,

- act professionally,

- try to keep your current coach Sergen Yalcin, and 

- try to sign him for a minimum of 2 year contract. 

I do believe there is success in the future for this club, if the above 'points' are implemented.  

Thank you for reading.