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.  

Zemheri Sozlum

Zemheri Sozlum

If you are following this blog, I wrote about 'Anatolian Folk Music' in a prior blog, titled 'Sirinnar Radio'

Please look for this blog, if you have not read it yet, as it is informative. 

Today, I have attached a YouTube link of a song, that fits the description of an 'Anatolian Folk Music'.  

http://youtu.be/Q-jK_I9uJqw

Did you listen to it?

Well, what did you think?

I have written the words of the song below, and translated the song to English, in case, you are wondering what is he singing about.  

Here it is then, first Turkish, then English written, underneath:

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Title: Zemheri sozlum

Sevdan uykulu dus gibi,

Ayriligi gormus gibi,

Bir manalı gulus gibi,

Zemheri sozlum,

Aglayan gozlum,

Yuregi kozlum,

Gulmeyen yuzlum,

Beni canına baglarsin,

Kimlere meyil eylersin

Eller guler sen aglarsin,

Zemheri sozlum,

Aglayan gozlum,

Yuregi kozlum,

Gulmeyen yuzlum,

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Title: Ice words

Your love is like a dream, 

Separation is evident for us, 

Forceful 'smile' on our faces,

Your words are like 'ice',

Your crying eyes, showing,

Your body language, sad,

Your un-smiling face, present,

I am attached to your soul, 

You have moved on, 

'Others' happy, I am not,

Your words are like 'ice',

Your crying eyes, showing,

Your body language, sad,

Your un-smiling face, present,

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The singer is Musa Eroglu. 

I hope you enjoyed the song, and thank you for coming back.