When Tarkan's New Album Will Be Released

Turkish Mega Pop Star Tarkan will release his new album soon. He's now in latest work for this album. All Turkish music singers published their albums in the beginnings of summer of 2009. Kenan Dogulu, Yalin, Sezen Aksu, Hadise, Murat Boz, Sertab Erener and many other Turkish stars already made their albums and they are on the ways of the country for their summer concerts. Kenan Dogulu began his concert tour countrywide with Rap star Ceza for the festivals of youth. This festivals sponsored by Fanta.

Tarkan didn't make his album in this crowd. Everybody supposed an album from Tarkan in June or July. Because in Turkey it's a tradition to release music albums in beginning of summer. Turkish people generally go to summertime homes in touristic regions for 3 - 4 monts in summer and they like to listen Turkish music albums there.

Tarkan introduced a new singer to the music audience in June. The new Turkish pop star's name is Emir. Tarkan is one of the composers and lyric writers of Emir. Tarkan is also co-producer of the album "Ben Sen Olamam".

It's expected that Tarkan's new album will be released in late summer of 2009. It will be in Turkish language and probably release only in Turkey. Its name and song list are not known by this time. Turkish fans wait and hope an album like Tarkan's old classic Turkish music style in 1990s. Tarkan's Turkish fans generally didn't like so much his latest music style.

This time Tarkan fans expect a great success for this album and wait new fresh hits.

Emir or Tarkan - Ben Sen Olamam

Tarkan cloned himself

Turkish Mega Star Tarkan prepares his new album for late summer of 2009. It will be a Turkish album and will be released in Turkey.

In the beginning of 2009 summer Tarkan produced an album for new pop star Emir and introduced this young talent to music audience. Tarkan supported Turkey's new star Emir by his music and lyrics and he's also co-producer of this new album. Moreover, Emir is nearly Tarkan's himself.

View Tarkan's latest project EMIR!

You'll be amazed and enjoy Emir if you love Tarkan.

Emir's album name is "Ben Sen Olamam". It's a little bit funny and genious name. Because it means "I can't be you" in English.

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Tarkan Before and After Sezen Aksu

Before and After Sezen:
The wind of A-Acayipsin was so powerful that it carried its effects till 1997 when he released his song Ölürüm Sana ( I’d Die For You). Of course, the help of Sezen stil went on. Şımarık (Spoilt) was a blowout. His albums broke records. We said that it was the magic stick of Sezen but was it right? Because it is actually Tarkan who gave power to every one with whom he worked. After quitting work with Sezen, there was no failure in his music. Because in 2001, Tarkan catched the soul of his time once again. He gave his album Karma as a gift to the tired people. And he suggested a philosophy: Whatever you do, it will turn back to you. This time he used finger cymbal while dancing. It was so aesthetic that everybody admired him. His companion in that album was Nazan Öncel. She became another woman after working with Tarkan. For instance, she was seemed as the rival of Sezen…Year was 2003 and again there was Nazan Öncel…The song was Dudu Dudu (Woman)…We didn’t mention but that time he was also giving great concerts in Europe and he began to a fame among Europe. Though the expected English album Bounce couldn’t be very successful, the music critics liked it.

At last, Tarkan appeared with his latest album. Metamorphosis. It is a transformation from the youth to the adulthood. This time, there is no companions like Nazan or Sezen. All the lyrics and compositions were made by Tarkan. Now, there is not a man who destroys all the taboos. He wears a gray suit, he has a beard and he looks in a mannish way. There are some people who says the new year program was a failure. It does not matter, he is sucesfull at making people’s mind busy with him, even they like him or not. Tarkan is not the old Tarkan. In the airport, when some paparazzis asked him questions about the gossips, he used to smile and go on his way. But now, he is not in that way. He says whatever he thinks, if he is angry he shows his anger to the people around him. And his words are bitter. When we look at his lyrics, we see that he has prepared his answers to the ones who will criticize him: “ Don’t talk in vain / Don’t make me angry/Just confess and accept it/Come on, don’t put me out of patience.”

Tried to create a tough guy image from the soul of Time:
He has been discussed for 15 years. Of course in the socio-politic situation which created him, there were coalition government which was totally liberal and turned their faces to Europe. He was much more European than any of us. He was our pride. Now, there is a conservative and some nationalist life style among the people. There is nothing as metrosexual nowadays. I met with the game of destiny very early, I grew up suddenly/ Now my childhood days are lost.” By these words he stil protects the sensitive side of his soul but also by these lyrics, “ Let’s account for our rights/ Let’s be United and fight / Come on let’s tell our revolt.”, he tries to create a tough guy image from himself or the soul of his time. He again tried to catch his time. And we know that he always catchs his time and he is always successful.

Tarkan He Has His Own Secret

He Has His Own Secret:
However, don’t think that he had totally a perfect and peaceful childhood. He had to put up with the wild yellings of “Turken Raus !” ( Turkish, Go Away). But he was successful at living between these two cultures. Even in his childhood, he was aware of the problem of racism, thus he didn’t feel himself as worthless.

The feeling of homesick came to his life when his father decided to return to Turkey in 1987. Their new life began in Karamürsel, a small town of İstanbul. And this is a real problem for Tarkan. He used to live in Europe, neverthless, the town he moved to was really conservative. He was not familiar with such obligations as wearing a tie and being short haired in the school. His introversion appeared there. Although during his older ages he could be adapted to everything around him, at that time in Karamürsel, his loneliness began. How can we know this? Because we looked at every piece of writing about Tarkan and we saw that nobody could touch his soul. If anybody thought that he could have done it, this was just a trick of Tarkan. From his Karamürsel days, he has been an opinion as the best friend of him is himself. And in his every album, there is another concept, moreover he is successful at drawing borders around his life. He has the secret of keeping the title of “star, megastar, ultrastar, etc” and we are sure that he will keep this secret to himself till his death. Anything in this Tarkan phenomenon which we think that we have solved it is the tricks of Tarkan in order to cover his soul. This is a success. For almost 15 years, we have been talking and writing about him, this is a real success.

He is Bewitching:
Let’s go on. If music is life for our soul, then it is very normal for a man who was standing between two cultures to take shelter in music. Moreover, he began to his career by singing Classic Turkish Music which was a success since it was really hard to sing that kind of music. First he went to Karamürsel Classic turkish music association, then he went on his education in Üsküdar. And his feeling of loneliness helped him to achieve a success at singing classic turkish music. But he was young and at that time it was Özal’s political period which was totally liberal. He was talented but his family didn’t have enough financial situation to give a hand for his career. Moreover, there was a rush of pop music and there were a lot of new singers such as Hakan Peker, Yonca Evcimik, Burak Kut, Aşkın Nur Yengi and Ozan Orhon. Many young singers tried their chance in this rush of pop music. As Mazhar Alanson said with his bewitching style, Tarkan was better than all of the rest. Who cares about his short height?

The country was slowly chancing itself after the coup of 80 and it began to create its stars again. At that time, proverbs proved their reality: If one’s front teeth are apart, he becomes rich and How you welcome the new year, the rest of the year will be like that…The new year night of 1992, our country met with Tarkan on a television program. He appeared with his bewitching green eyes, a weird costume and his first song Kıl Oldum Abi (I am Irritated). Don’t think that the name of the song was created by him. In that period there were such slang names in all the songs. And, catching the soul of his time is a success for a star and that was what Tarkan always did.

Although that album didn’t break records as the other ones did, it was enough for him to be a star. There were ones who hated him, and the ones who loved him. He gradually became rich. On a cold new year night we met him, and he has been in our lives for 15 years. Even we are angry at him, or we dream of having a signature of him, he is always in our lives.

Moss Mask For Men:
His real blowout was in 1994. Sezen Aksu decided to work with him and Tarkan’s hit song A-acayipsin (You Are Weird) appeared in the music market. Again, he presented his songs on a television program. This time, he was on Cem Özer’s talk show. His hair was short and he was dressed in an attractive and simple way. The album’s first clip “Unutmamalı” ( You Musn’t Forget) was on the channels. This time we could sense the talent of Tarkan in classic turkish music. On the talk show, they talked about romanticism. And people found the new men image for that period. An image who could do anything for his lover but also carried a sensitive heart. And the legend of Tarkan gave its start. When there was no word as metrosexualism, he stepped in our lives as a metrosexual image. First, his audience was full of with girls but later his fans became mixed. Man, woman, young girls, working class, society, etc. Moreover, he destroyed the world of smashing guys. Suddenly, men began to wear earrings. In İstanbul and every corner of the city, barbers put a signboard on their doors:” We have a moss mask for your faces.” Men transformed to a metrosexual image.

Metamorfoz Album Critics

It will be understood in the course of time:
Aşkın Nur Yengi, musician
I like his voice very much. And I think that his album will be understood in the course of time. A song will be meaningful if it matches with the story of a listener. And it takes time.He is a person who hides the exotic smell of the Mediterrian in his soul. It is not easy to meet with approval by such a legend as Ahmet Ertegün.

His credit cannot be failed:
Yaşar
He is the first and only star who passed beyond the borders of our Turkish music. He is the first Turkish pop icon who could sell his albums around the whole Europe and give concerts to a large audience. Also, he is the owner of all the records which had done in his area. Though his latest two albums were not as good as the other ones, after all these successes, his credit cannot be failed.

He is the fashion of the year:
Erkan Ozarman, organizer
I haven’t listened to his album yet but I have seen such men who are attcking him by saying “My album is better than his”. Look at the fashion magazines, he is the fashion of the year. And there is not a rule that everybody listens to every album. Moreover, all the lyrics and compositions belong to him. This is a courage. Congratulations. But I wish he had a much more professional team around him. I know his menager Uygar. He is smart and gentleman. But being a menager and being an organizer are different situations.

If Ortaç or Sandal did it, we would say that it was good:
Naim Dilmener, music writer
I don’t know how a personality he has and I don’t need to know. But as he is presented, he does everything perfect. He is like a brave rowdy boy. We are criticising this image, maybe some of doesn’t like it but he seems convincing in that suit and shirt, he may even have a gsm on his hand or a rosary. Don’t think that I’m against this album. If somebody did this album, we would say it was a good job. It is a well-organized album. And Ozan Çolakoğlu’s contribution is crucial. But if it is Tarkan, then we say “ No, Not Good.” It’s not just the high expectation of us. He always surpass himself with the other album. If Serdar Ortaç or Mustafa Sandal did this album, we would say that it was good. But Tarkan should have done something different in 2008.

The ones who don’t like it will be amused:
Hakan Eren, supervisor
Although he didn’t do a different album as it was expected, it is a nice one. Its sound is not new, but it matchs with Tarkan. He likes dilemma in lyrics, he has to change this style. He uses the way of choosing proverbs. He might have worked with Sezen Aksu, this would be better. If we think that hip-hop and R&B are popular throughout the world, that is normal to use this sounds with fiddle and tomtom since this album was mad efor Turkish people. I’m sure that once people appropriate these songs, they will have other versions. You will like his songs by listening to them over and over again. And we will see that the ones who don’t like his songs will be amused by them after some time.

Not Tarkan’s but pop music’s period has finished:
Zeki Coşkun, journalist of Radikal
Metamorphosis signs a transformation in both Tarkan’s and Turkish pop music’s history. There is no new or special event. Also, it is not right to mention about a downfall. Tarkan is the same Tarkan, music is the same music. Everything as usual as it was like he said in his first song Hop Hop: “ Always the same story/ Everything is the same”. What were people expecting so much that now they are talking about a disappointment? Answer: The problem is that pop music’s period has finished.

I wish he sang classic Turkish music
Fikret Şenes, lyric writer
His voice is great. But how can a song be as “Babbler”? I don’t like the name of the album. Metamorphosis. It recalls the tail of a lizard. Actually, once I didn’t like the name of the song “ Don’t Forget”(Unutmamalı), since such suffixes in Turkish does not sound good. I wish he song in classic Turkish music.

Metrosexual image leaves its place to strong man image:
Deniz Durukan, lyric writer
Metamorphosis symbols transformation and the wish for a change. Years ago, Tarkan appeared as a unisex image. The sensitive and metrosexual men image in the middle of the 90s left its place to a much more strong and bossy image. Men wants to regain their old image which belongs to them. Of course, this change is related to the period’s political view. Every period creates its own politic star. Tarkan is a clever man. He realizes the demand of this period. All in all, he is always successful to make people talk about himself. Yesterday, while we were talking about metrosexual men, today we are making comments on the chancing the profile of men over the image of Tarkan.

They will lay out Tarkan:
Fikri Nazif Ayyıldız, the old publishing director of Nokta Magazine
Tarkan broke a taboo! He used his body as show material like his colleagues in America and Europe. Moreover, he did it in such a sytlish and aesthetic way. After climbing up the stairs of fame, he learned to look at in a meaningful way which confused women’s mind. In his concerts, there were hysteris crisised among women. So we put him on our cover since he became a phenomenon because of having a successful psychological bond with all the people. 13 years passed but Tarkan is stil very handsome, dynamic and he is stil searching for himself. But the country which he came in 90s is not the same country now. City dwellers are going away. Villagers invaded to the city and they gradually exuded to the life of city dwellers. They began to make their own music with a language we had difficulty to understand. Among these styles, Tarkan seems weird. He seems to me like an old and sad image.

If being abroad means to be far away from your homeland, then Tarkan is not an expatriate from the beginning of his life. Though he is a child of a family who migrates from Rize to Germany, he opens his eyes to life in a town called Alzey which is located to Frankfurt. The country which is a foreign land for his family means his birth place for Tarkan. Although it is located to an European city, Tarkan’s birth place is just a town and like every artist, he has a fragile heart which carries the feeling of homesick. That’s why maybe he writes these lyrics in the song Ragged (Pare Pare): “ I met with the game of destiny very early, I grew up suddenly/ Now my childhood days are lost.” Actually these sentences tell us a lot of things!

He is the fifth of six children. It is his luck that his family is not conservative. His family could orientate themselves in Germay. He studied in German schools till he was 14 years old. He was growing up by acquiring these two cultures. In his teenage years, he listened to Ibrahim Tatlıses. Dom Dom Kurşunu was the first song folk song he listened to. And after that he began to listen to Zeki Müren. Lastly, he met with the songs of Sezen Aksu who would be his queen. Moreover, we should add to this music list the punk music which was effective during the 80s. In order to understand the “music world” of Tarkan, you should look at this list. Before remembering the first stage performance on the New Year of 1992, you should look at these mixed cultural effects upon his music.

Tarkan Metamorfoz Critics

What Do The New Singers Think?

Hepsi:
The difficulty of being Tarkan is that you should do such works which satisfy everybody. Once, there was only one Tarkan. Now, in every album there is another Tarkan. It is very hard to be unique and still being Tarkan. Maybe that’s why he has to run away from Tarkan but not by running away from himself.

Betul Demir:
I’m glad that his album was released before mine since it has lightened me up. I am very proud with him, I will sing megastar Tarkan’S new songs in my concerts in Europe.

Yigit Giray:
Honestly, as a Tarkan listener, I am disappointed. If somebody released this album, we would say that it was great but if it is Tarkan, then, everybody hoped for an exaggurated and different work.

Sami:
I don’t like the album. I believe that magazine world exaggurated Tarkan. It is a bad album, unsuccessful work, not a suitable image, a weird stage performance…I couldn’t understand what he had done for all those years in America.

Elif Turan:
It is absolutely wrong to criticise a musician who has been struggling to improve his music, a person who has a popular vision and a singer who made a name in Europe. It is a good album.

Ozgun:
It is true that he has changed a lot and we haven’t listened to a popular Tarkan song for a long time. I listened to the album more than one time.In order to criticise an album, you should listen to it over and over again. I like Tarkan’s songs by listening to them more than once. There are such songs that they can catch me in the course of time.