HORSES WITH FOAMING MOUTHS…
THIS BALLAD IS THE MONUMENTALIZED STATE OF SINCERITY, DEFIANCE, LIVING AWAY FROM ANY KIND OF HYPOCRISY AND RESIGNATION. Just as it is in the title...…
LISTEN TO A FOLK SONG
A LOVER WHO INTERRUPTS THE NIGHT…
CONSISTING OF TWO STANZAS, THE BALLAD CALLED “WHITE SHEEP COMES BLEATING” IS AS IF A NEWLY DISCOVERED UNIQUE “TURKISH STAMP” OR A FINE WEAVED MATCHLESS…
MAKES ONE FORGET ABOUT DEATH
MUZAFFER SARISÖZEN COLLECTED THE BALLAD FROM BURDUR. THE SOURCE PERSON IS TEPELİ MEHMET. LISTEN TO IT REGARDLESS OF ITS PERFORMER. Forgetting is a blessing, too……
MADE HER ANGRY CANNOT MAKE PEACE
THIS IS A BALLAD OF TWO LOVERS WHO WERE SEPARATED BY THE BAD FATE. IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT IS GONE IS GONE, BUT SORROW AND…
I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE; THEY DON’T APPROVE US.
AHMET YAMACI HAD COLLECTED THIS BALLAD OF ADANA BY AZİZ ŞENSES. YOU MAY LISTEN TO IT PERFORMED BY WHOEVER SINGS IT. They are not knitting…
PROPERLY
OSMAN ÖZDENKÇİ COLLECTED THE BALLAD FROM THE ERZINCAN REGION. THE SOURCE PERSON IS ALİ YILMAZ. I LIKE TO LISTEN TO IT PERFORMED BY TURAN ENGİN.…
I TIED MY HORSE TO A PLOW
THE LATE MUZAFFER SARISÖZEN HAD COLLECTED THIS BALLAD. IT IS FROM GIRESUN, KELKIT. THE SOURCE PERSON IS SALİM POLAT MUTLU. A horse can be tied…
I FOUND A VIOLET IN THE CREEK
THE TUNE OF THIS BALLAD IS AS PRETTY AS A VIOLET... THE LYRICS WRITTEN IN TRIOS ALSO ADD THE LOOKS OF A VIOLET MINIATURE TO…
MOUNTAIN ON MOUNTAIN
THE SOURCE OF THE BALLAD IS ADNAN ÇİLESİZ. IT IS FROM ELAZIĞ. SALİH TURHAN BROUGHT IT INTO THE REPERTOIRE. Could a mountain be put on…
THE JUDGE OF BODRUM
THE BALLAD IS LIKE A STANDALONE NOVEL AS OF ITS CONTENT. IN FACT, A NOVEL AND A MOVIE ARE BASED ON IT. TÜRKAN ŞORAY WAS…
THE HUMA BIRD CALLS FROM FAR UP
TOUCHING OUR HEARTS WITH ITS TUNE AS WELL AS ITS STRIKING LYRICS, THE BALLAD IS A WORK OF ART. Huma is a bird of state.…
ROOSTER
THIS BALLAD IS A ‘HALAY’ SONG. ONLY GREAT NATIONS CAN ACHIEVE TO CREATE AN AESTHETIC ‘DANCE TUNE’ FROM THEIR SUFFERINGS IN THIS GAME OF LIFE.…
FLOOD TOOK ÇARŞAMBA AWAY
THIS BALLAD ENVELOPS NOT ONLY OUR HEARTS, IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY PETRIFIED, BUT ALSO OUR SPIRITS AND MINDS LIKE A SHIRT OF FIRE As…