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  • Aj Ruse kose, curo, imaš žališ li gi ti? Aman, da gi žalam, ne bi ti gi dala da gi mrsiš ti ;)

    these music is wonderful, especially with our balkanic/oriental instruments.....

  • I'm crying listening to the santouri... Music is universal, civilization is universal...

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  • hey guys, the world is OURS. history, never forget yet you CAN HEAL it..

    wars never brought, bring and will bring the happiness we long for... so make love =D and enjoy this great tune!! please!

  • name of singer?

  • I particularly enjoy listening to this song by Zeki Muren...a great voice of Turkey! nur icinde yatsin...

  • only problem is our elders. they still think that we're enemy. i love my greek brothers

  • Το μόνο που μας χωρίζει με τους Τούρκους των ακτών της Τουρκίας είναι η γλώσσα και η θρησκεία(και, κατά τη γνώμη μου τουλάχιστον, αυτά δεν είναι εμπόδια για να ενωθούμε, αφού έχουμε το ίδιο αίμα και ψυχή). Όλα μα όλα τα άλλα είναι ίδια! Παίξαμε το πολιτικό παιχνίδι των "ΔΥΝΑΤΩΝ" ΓΙΑ ΠΑΡΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ χωρίς να έχουμε κανένα συμφέρον! ΜΟΝΟ ΖΗΜΙΕΣ προς όφελος "ΑΥΤΩΝ"! ΦΤΑΝΕΙ ΠΙΑ! ΑΣ ΒΑΛΟΥΜΕ ΜΥΑΛΟ ΑΛΛΙΩΣ ΘΑ ΧΑΘΟΥΜΕ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΔΥΟ!

  • @blancbard είναι τόσο ρομαντικό να σκεφτόμαστε έτσι...μακάρι να ήταν τόσο απλά τα πράγματα...

  • αμαν αυτο το τραγουδι το ελεγε η γιαγια μου ηταν απο Κεσταμονη

  • this makes me feel pure love! greeigs from istanbul!

  • Παλι με χρονια με καιρους παλι δικα μας θα ναι. Σωπασε Κυρα Δεσποινα

    και μην αναστεναζεις.

  • Παλι με χρονια με καιρους παλι  δικα μας θα ναι.

  • Ne guzel turkudur What a nice song Kakva lepa pesma!

  • Τη μουσική παρτιτούρα του παραπάνω σκοπού μπορείτε να την αναζητήσετε στην ιστοσελίδα Paradosiakipartitoura.gr

  • hirsiz piclerrrrr.......

  • sounds like a japanese koto

  • @bert4a ti sxesi exei to kanonaki me to coto bre paparovitc...!!!

  • @nikospliktra

    sorry, but don't understand

  • See what music can do by uniting the Greeks and the Turks. Old empires are over with now. Today we must unite with our brothers from both sides whether they are Greeks or Arabs, Turks or Armenians. Long live the unity between Greece and Turkey.

  • @MegaKrishan123 We all wish it was that easy to unite. However, it's an utopia. It's still deep inside some people, & I don't blame them. History must be learned, in order not to repeat it. Cheers, and enjoy this timeless song from the Poli.

  • Beautiful!

    

  • türkiye balkan ülkeleri birleşsin

  • @pozcu tamam

  • Si les interesa algo curioso y muy bello que coincide melódicamente con esta melodia es FEL SHARAH una canción del grupo KlezRoym... muy bueno tambien...

    Creo que las raices culturales tienen aguas de tantos ríos!

  • excelentes musicos, muy bella melodía!

  • Harika bir giris, ve performanslarina hayran kaldim. Bravo, umarim daha cok videolar görürüz...

    Thanks for this Video, it was awsome to hear this song from a different style.

  • Dear str8diah, let me tell you an ancient myth of Aesop.

    Once upon a time, a man was raising a little snake, as a pet, in his house. Unfortunately, one day while he was absent, his young son stepped by mistake on the snake's tail and cut it. The snake, which was in terrible pain, bit impulsively the boy and the boy soon died. After that, the snake felt ashamed and ran away to the mountains.

    When the man came back and saw what had happened, he was inconsolable.

    Do you know this myth?

  • Great couple (Yiannis and Gorkem) and band. Performing this beutiful music with great sensitvity and talent. I'm Israeli but my mother was born in Turkey (Edirne) and I remember her signging this song when I was a child.

  • polu kalh ektelesh!!! bravo .. auto pou xwrizei tous anthrwpous tous fernei distuxeia..eite thriskies ,kommata, sinora,idiologies.. auto pou tous fernei konta ...tous fernei xara k galinh... k ena apo auta einai h mousikh!! o theos na sas exei kala na paizete panta etsi omorfa!!!

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  • Hayde , yassu,, kali merabaa, hopaaaa, we are an apple, one half in Anatolia, other half in Ellada. .. Haydee, we live forever, together....

  • music is unuversal.....

  • superb!

  • this song 's wonderful . I'm sick and tired of the quarels .I think that we can listen same song in the all of the world . I just want peace .

    And this song is a good example ..

  • this song 's wonderful . I'm sick and tired of the quarels .I think that we can listen same song in the all of the world . I just want same peace .

    And this song is a good example ..

  • For the ones who does not know us, our names are Gorkem (Vocal/Kanun) and Yannis (Vocal/Bouzouki). You may find more of or music at soundcloud under goldistor. Thank you for your interest in our work.

  • @GorkemYannis Gia sou Gorkem, Gia sou Yianni. Gia mas !

  • górkem to onoma ths kopelas...

  • Thank you for both the video and the song. I do not know why the voice of the greek tv presenter is always present. Although he is an actor and tv persona his voice is nice and friendly. I would like to mention that for me the best performer of this song is Xanthipi Karathanasi (Ξανθίπη Καραθανάση). I dont know if there is a better video than this. Many greek singers performed this song and I think that the most distinguished one is that of Xanthipi.

  • @GloballyArtistic I checked the Xanthipi version on the strength of your comment, but I'm afraid I cannot agree. To say that hers is the best rendition is a bit a stretch, to say the least. Gorkem & Giannis is the best that I've seen/heard.

  • @shawneechief Thank you for the comment. Music tastes are personal :0) All the best

  • Γνωρίζει κανείς το όνομα της κοπέλας που τραγουδάει?Does anyone know the name of the girl singing?

  • @1986nionios .Gorkem & Giannis Saoulis.

  • greek people are between balkans and east in tradition

    and west in terms of financial bonds

    the choice is still open...

    people under the same sun

    not workers under the same gun...

  • greek people are between balkans and east in tradition

    and west in terms of financial bonds

    the choice is still open...

    people under the same sun

    not workers under the same gun...

  • This song is the origin of Istanbul. Not the Greece nor Turkiye. It is ISTANBUL.

  • @artattech well put

  • I want a copy of this song and their other work! Where can I find it?

  • @ninjaguava you cannot find a copy of this performance only from them individually maybe i dont know them but surely you can download it in any language from ottoman empire rule like greek bulgarian albanian serbian armenian romanian macedonian and offcourse Turkish

  • It is just perfect .

    Long live Turkey ; Long live Greece

  • Does anyone know where I can find a cd of this couple? I love them.

  • People who get fooled and provoked by nationalism are doing what the white house is expecting of them, saying Turkey and Greece never the twain shall meet, is whole lot of bullshit, we are neighboards and brothers! we both drink rakı or uzo :P

  • Harika Yaaa; Emeginize Saglik, Tesekkurler..

  • i think the greak and the turkish culture are the same and i love or i respect every culture all around the world. Long live the humanism.

  • I'm Turk , living in Izmir. My grandparents came to Izmir from Thessolaniki and Kos Island. So i growth with both culture which is %99.9 same . My grandfather (RIP) was watching Turkish news at TRT(Turkish Radio Television) then he was switching to EPT for Greeks. We dont need to have harm feelings on eachothers. Cause we are like an half piece of apple. Family,food,culture,dance etc. And :) gladly i have Greek gf now and am extremely happy with her . Cheers bro's from two side.

  • @str8diah

    .....Nevertheless, months later, he decided to go and search for the snake so that he could explain to it that he understood what has happened was an accident and he knew it was not its fault. After all, he has forgiven the snake and he wanted to ask it to return home just like the past days.

    However, the snake's answer was the following:

    "Listen, my dear friend. I appreciate your concern, but as long as I am tailless and your son is dead we can no longer be friends".....

  • @IeroklisSavvidis lands . They'd hard times especially during the WW2 but he was always sighing and sayin" ah bre Istanköy " bre=vre , istanköy = Kos Island in Turkish. its 2011 my friend . hundreds of years passed away . Time to stand up and walk on . Life is going on mate ..

  • @str8diah

    This above mentioned story fits impressively the story of our nations. Doubtless, we have caused too much pain to each other and neither side is willing to forget that easy. Insallah one day we will both be ready and able to forgive and forget. Until that day, we have at least to avoid new bites!

  • @IeroklisSavvidis Well , past is past if we live while lookin' at our back and remindin' bad/worse painful moments we cant see the rainbow infront of us. So many culture passed it spanish/south americans, indians/north americans, even North Africans/French or Italy . Yes we have to get our lessons but also we have to be in constructive contribution mood . Had been in the both side . Greeks had pains and losses but this side also. My grandpa while moved here from Kos he lost all the valuable

  • @str8diah my brother GOD didnt create turks,greeks,italians etc.we are all the same working people who want the same things from life.if we must fight for something this is ignorance and stupidity that makes honest people kill themselfs for profit of the evil of this world.

  • I am from Greece and share your opinion!!In fact my grandparents were from Pontos but I think that the culture is the same!!we should have good relationship despite the politics...greetings from Greece too...

  • @pamoirid definitely but this doesn't mean we should forget the Pontian Genocide....tamam? :)

  • @str8diah

    U have the appropriate ethnic identity,but the Greeks are fools...

    They think they are descendants of ancient Greeks,with...pure blood & regard the Turks as foreigners & enemies,while the Turks are their half-blooded brothers..

    The Turks have a turkish father & a turkish mother,the Greeks have a greek mother & a turkish father

    ,who were... mixing with each other for 400 years of Ottoman rule...

  • @gregathe really? look to the mirrir if u look like mongolian ur real Turk, if you are mediterean u are of greek origin. Turkish nation was based on culture and islam, not on national identity. Turks are islamized greeks of anatolia, read genetical research, for example Cavalli Sforza. All famous Turks we know their origin is not turkish like Ataturk, Mimar Sinan, Ali Pasha etc! Thats true my friend

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    you know there weren't just greeks in anatolia, right? turks are definitely not turkic, but that doesn't qualify them automatically as "turkicised greeks".

  • @gloomyoutlook Great majority, about 80% of whole anatolian population befour the turkish conquest spoke Greek as motherlingua. The rest were mainly Armenians. These Anatolian Greeks, who in gew nimber survived till our days were descendants of ancient greeks mixed with old anatolian nations-Lydians, Carians etc, so if the turks arent of greek orrigin where disappered this majority of greek speaking Anatolia?

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    ever heard of Kurds? We've had various

  • @gloomyoutlook yes, but 80% of anatolians spoke greek, so the rest of this 20% were armenians, kurds, jews, assyrians, isaurians and some other. After the turkish conquest majority of that 80% Greeks islamized, changed theyr language to turkish, mixed with all other people of ottoman empire-balkanians, arabs, persians and today are Turks. Thats history. 10% of modern turks have "real" turkish genetic origin.

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    I've very much in agreement with you regarding the genetic origins of modern turkish people, and the only reason that is a relevant subject is due to the signifcance turks themselves place on their supposed descent from the central asian hordes, and the superiority they attach to that claim. Otherwise, it would be entirely inconsequential. What confuses me is the 80% figure, and the basis of that assertion. It rather seems you've pulled it out of your arse.

  • @gloomyoutlook you can read the genetic. research of Europe, by Cavalli-Sforza, he found that just 10% of Turks have small connection to central asian turkic people, and the majority descends from the autochtonous population, which spoke greek.

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    I'm not disputing that, as I said. It's the 80% greek speaking before the arrival of the turks that I'm disputing. Greeks had population centres in the Ionian coast of Anatolia, and in the Pontus, as well as smaller populations along the Turqoise coast. Anatolia is far larger than those parts.

  • @gloomyoutlook Its historical FACT! Yes Western, southern a northern part was greek during archaic and classical period, BUT after the conquest of Alexander the great-hellenistic period many Greeks settled whole anatolian territory, mixed with local population (Carians, Lydians, Lykians, Cappadocians, Paflagonians) and so in 2nd century, anatolians spoke JUST greek, there were not lydian etc language later. And the greek language remainded there to the turkish conquest!

  • @MAXIMILIANVS Few remainded were Issaurians, Assyrians, Kurds and Armenians, who came there after 10th century AD. When the turks came found in anatolia about 80% greek speaking population, majority of them became islamized and turkifized, other lost greek language but remainded greeks and christians, other-mainly Ionians and Pontians spoke greek, in Pontus the greek language survived just coz of mountain refuge of the greeks, in Ionia thanks to later migration from the islands

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    I'm sorry, but everything you've said is just total bollocks. Don't try to convince me of your delusions. I'm a history student.

  • @gloomyoutlook really? And im an archeologist of classical and byzantine archeology

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    The Kurds and Armenians came to Anatolia after the 10th century AD? With all due respect, you must be out of your fucking mind.

  • @gloomyoutlook No Kurds just Armenians can u read? Pisidia and Cappadocia were settled by Armenians after the 10th century, what u know? Ur historian and didnt know about ancient anatolian nations and their assimilation to greek culture? Where did u study history???

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    That explains why Salih (a Turkish Kurd) looks just like Mihali (Anatolian Greek via Lesbos).

    I was THERE on the day they met. Mihali was very drunk....and started swearing.

    He had just met his "Turkish" twin.

  • @SadieMirsade because Kurds are an Anatolian nation, same as Anatolian Greeks are anatolian nation. Thats why. Turks weren Anatolian nation, but asiatic people, simmilar to mongolians, kazachs, i mean face type. Today Turks are all mediterrean, mainly of anatolian greek origin. My friend is turk, he told me his father is of Albanian origin, mother of Romanian origin, both christians who converted on islam about 200 years ago and became TURKS

  • @MAXIMILIANVS

    So, what you're saying is that Anatolian are descendants of various layers of settlements, conquest, migration, assimilation, language shift,

    resulting in what today is the modern Turkish nation.

    Most nations in the region have similar scenarios and origins. Is it surprising that Cypriots are genetically more related to Lebanese and Anatolian Turks, than to Greece proper?

    Genetics is fascinating. Finally we have to FACE who we REALLY are, against what we THINK we ARE.

  • @str8diah also most of aegian greeks feel same .merhaba cardash!

  • @KANONAS55 Cheers kardes :) updated news . Married with her and moved to Athens . And after 2 month i can say i didnt have any difficulties here. Definetly %100 same

    Regards

  • Εμείς δεν έχουμε διαφορές με τους γειτονικούς λαούς και τους αγαπάμε, γιατί στο κάτω-κάτω αντιμετωπίζουμε τα ίδια προβλήματα. Βέβαια δεν μας λείπουν και μερικά ζόμπι, που σε όποιον λαό και να ανήκαν θα έκαναν τα ίδια

  • despite I don´t understand greek or turkish,I love this song.

    this ottoman/muslim/greek culture and music are strange to me and the people of my country,but I love greece ancient culture.

    greetings from Portugal to you all.

    regards

  • this is an historic moment ...an historic otoman empire song translateted in many languages ...banat al iskandaria in egypt...sitin iguia sas

    gilbert asmar sao paulo brasil

  • Music lifts the soul. Who wrote it first, who sang it first, what language is its origin.....who cares? Music is unifying, it transcends all this political bs. Appreciate it for what it is. An art form created for the lifing of the soul.

  • nice;)

  • @cypriot1965 : I appreciate your reply, yet I have some objections (a)

    Why "Turkish Cypriot" and not "Cypriot" my friend ? You may have been brought up from that side of the fence, but who knows if your ancestors were Cypriots who converted religion/ethnicity in hard times of the history or came from an "ottoman" family,..from a "Turkish" family the chances is less than 10%... if it is important. (b) we may "learned" from each other, but also "developed" culture living together. Important!

  • An amazing and emotive, in live performance of this traditional song of Ionia, alternately in Greek and Turkish languages, combined with excellent audio perfection of participants musical instruments, and with these of unparalleled skills of those users.

    In other words, a real concert!

    Thank you give us are the unique musical sounds!

    Dimitris, Velo

  • Μια καταπληκτική και συγκινησιακή ζωντανή εκτέλεση του παραδοσιακού αυτού τραγουδιού της Ιωνίας, εναλλάξ στην Ελληνική και στην Τουρκική γλώσσα, άριστα συνδυασμένη με την ηχητική τελειότητα των συμμετεχόντων μουσικών οργάνων και των απαράμιλλων δεξιοτήτων των χρηστών αυτών.

    Με άλλα λόγια, ένα πραγματικό ρεσιτάλ!

    Σας ευχαριστούμε που μας χαρίσατε αυτά τα ανεπανάληπτα μουσικά ακούσματα.

    Δημήτρης Θωμαδάκης. Βέλο Κορινθίας.

  • This is a Andalucian song for Sabbath

  • I am a Turk. Turkish version of the song is more hilarious but honestly greek version is also pretty good. No matter the song is created in turkish or greek, we all are created by HIM

  • Wake up people, its not about us, the people. Its about both our politicians (thank God not all of 'em) and mostly about this despicable portion of the elite of our nations, which often play games on our back and, sadly, sometimes sends us to slaughter each other (like the dogs of war we both are-fact) with weapons bought from our own pockets, most of the times made somewhere else by some other country's elite. The above applies to every pair of nations. End of story. Cheers!!!

  • @Yiannis2112

    Thanks Yiannis! That's it.

  • Beautiful song and singers!!!

  • Poio einai to onoma tis kopelas sto kanonaki? Einai kataplhktikh! =)

  • εχουμε το ονομα της τραγουδιστριας?

  • Let's stop those stupid fights. The guy who plays the buzuki is greek, Yannis Saoulis and the woman is turkish Gorkem Okten and they are married with children.

    The song is probably lebaneese and some people say that the tune was originaly brought there by the crussadors.

    I found a youtube account under the name "ysaoulis" that appears to be theirs and it's there from 10/2009 and they only have just a few friends. Let's become their friends to show them our appreciation.

  • @elvira2674

    Dude...the song is turkish...where ever you hear it, it is in turkish.

    Even the spanish guys sing it in turkish -.-

    Even the accords and the pace are fitting into turkish music in those times.

    How about enjoying the song?

  • @Taygun89 middle east and anatolia had this kind of music long before the turkic tribes arrived.

  • This is a song of the 19 th century whis is brought to the balkans by the ottomans.

    Its sounds 100 % turkish and not balkanian! Everyone in the balkan says thats their own song. But the truly its a song about üsküdar and comes from the turks...

  • @Love1Cuba

    I am not trying to prove that the song was written by someone from the Balkans....but get real buddy.

    Making music was hardly a prestigious pastime for a Moslem Ottoman gentleman, or even a villager.

    The likelyhood that this song was composed by some mythical descendant of the hypothetically ``pure`` Turkish Ottoman conquerors of Istanbul....is about 0.5%. And even that`s a generous overestimate.

    Let`s call it ``Ottoman``.

  • Music tradition unites!

  • bravo kiz

  • HELLAS+TURKEY=FRIENDS

  • @kalampian

    We're not just friends...

    Most of the greeks ( about 99,5%) have turkish genes in their bloodline.

    In times of Arsitotle or Platon the greeks are shown as blue eyed and blonde. While most of the greeks now look pretty dark..I mean dark hair, dark eyes.

    This is quite normal, because Greece was hundreds of years under turkish occupation and influence.

    I really like the greeks but sometimes they say provocative things and that really sucks...the turks do either....this is dumb! Stop it

  • @Taygun89 Quite the opposite. Actually, it's the turks that are the decendants of the old inhabitants of the byzantine empire. Recent gene studies showed that there is very little contribution of mongol genes in turkey and greece. I will ask you to do a little test. Search google for pictures of the Uyghurs (a real ancient turkic tribe which didn't move west) and then look at yourself in the mirror.

  • @elvira2674 That's because Turks never have been mongols, you're totally ignorant of Turkic and Turkish past please refrain your self from talking about the subject.. also you realize many uyghurs have blue eyes/green eyes blonde and red hairs? And no this kind of Music came with the Ottoman Turks its Ottoman court music, and it has Persian and Greek infleunces in it... but I think it's obvious who has had more influence, konyalim, sari gelin, uskudardan .. etc. they are all Turkish songs

  • @3choBlast3r

    interesting point neighbor but,... just consider 2 things

    1) ATTILA the Hun, trace it back to the roots

    2) pls do the same with the Turkish language. Follow the traces though Asia.

    Don't these 2 simple facts lead to the same geographic area , called MONGOLIA ?

    I will agree with you that today, the Turks are hardly to be considered as mongols. Not even 15% (official records of the last population registration of the Ottomans in the beginning of the 19th century. Don't you agree?

  • @gapamint You clearly have no idea of what your talking about. Turkic people are traced back to modern Russia/China and Mongolia. Mongols aren't related to Turkic peoples they simply lived near each other. It's like saying Greeks are Turks because of the Ottoman Empire (even that's more likely since we greeks/turks mixed more than mongols and Turks). This is just a FACT we are not related, but if we where I wouldn't mind, but we are simply not.

  • @3choBlast3r: My friend, I agree that all people should and usually are comfortable if not proud of the heritage. This is OK for all and for those citizens of modern Turkey who are decedents of the Huns/Turks or other tribes. The Ottoman records show "pictures" with their "genetic" characteristics. History is "records" + facts, not "passion" or "patriotism", especially "imposed" to populations of occupied lands (the "methods" are on record in the same archives). That was not the question.

  • @3choBlast3r .....

    the real question in any modern time country (as Turkey and ELLAS -Unanistan for you, US or Germany or France or... ) is if Nation=Citizen and vise versa. This is simply Nationalism / Fascism and it is never true. People should be free to self determination and freedom of expression, speech and religion (if they feel like it) yet is a democratic society within the defined /existing states. When these will apply, none will labeled as an animal or products. Simple, isn't it?

  • @3choBlast3r (3rd and last part)

    and I don't care my friend if the musician or the singer is Turk or Greek, but only if the music hits my chords, I don't care if Baklava is Persian or Syrian ... as long as it is good, and I don't care if the ancient monuments and theaters are called "Ancient Turkish" as long as they are respected, or Ayia Sofia and any religion's  temples are respected. We've made the world like in "football". Maybe is time to make something better out of it. More civilized.

  • I live in Üsküdar-İstanbul.. I love my city.. quest us

  • μηπως μπορεις να μου πεις πως λεγεται ο τραγουδιστης και μποζουκτσης?

  • na also geht doch.

  • Super..

  • @fizznation It is a greek entertainment show called "Cheers to us" (Stin igia mas), and it is on every Saturday night at 10:15 local time, you could watch it from ERTSat, if you have sattelite reception

  • u get it?

    brothers and sisters

  • aferim kız sana

  • Ρε παιδιά πώς λέγεται η κοπέλα που τραγουδάει?Έχει απίστευτη φωνή!!!

    What is the name of the female singer? Does anybody know??

  • It's again and again nice to hear this song, remembering the years in Istanbul. The combination of Bouzouki and Kanûn sounds very well, and in the background the classic type of music from Istanbul at the beginning of the song ...

  • @fizznation I think that it's "Who's this song?" or somehow like that.

  • i love the girl singer .

    she sing with big emotion ,ilove that

  • Great song! I watched that documentary movie about this song and it's variants in every Balkan country. I'm interested what are the lyrics (preferable in English) in Greek and Turkish versions?

  • @AlekseyGroz It is about a Turkish wealthy woman falling in love with a not-so-rich secretary.

  • Thank you!!

  • From a foreign land and from far away] 2x

    Dm A

    came a girl, my light, eighteen years old

    Dm A Dm

    came a girl, my light, eighteen years old

    Neither comes to the door, or close to] 2x

    Neither to the window, my light, two words to say] 2x

    Come out daughter of the sea, star light] 2x

    Grant to me the olive that you 've on your neck.

  • On the way to Uskudar, rain started

    My scribes' coats are long, his skirt is muddy

    The scribe has woken up from sleep, his eyes are cloudy

    The scribe is mine, and in the scribes, hands will mix

    How much it suits my scribe to have a starched collar

    On the way to Uskudar I found a kerchief

    And I filled the kerchief with lokum (Turkish delight candy)

  • Uskudara gideriken aldida bir yamur

    Katibin seterizi usun, etteyi camur

    Katib uykudan uyanmis, gozleri mahmur

    Katib benim ben katibin eller karishir

    Katibime kollalida gomlek ne gusel yakisir

    Uskudara gideriken bir mendil buldum

    Mendilimin icinede lokum doldurdum

    Katibimi araiken yandim da buldum

    Katibin benim, ben katibimin eller karishir

    Katibe kolalida gomlek ne gusel yakishir

  • @kostaras2

    Thank you kostaras2!

    Can you, please, write me and Greek lyrics but in Latin alphabet.

    Thank you in forward!

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  • Beautiful song !!!

  • Beautiful song. Most of the Balkan's people would like to have it as own, but as I know, it is a Turkish song. Nevermind, enjoy this fantastic song!

  • I suppose not, firstly, that is might have been recorded in turkish first is irrelevant because during long periods in the Ottoman empire it was prohobited for at least Greeks to speak their language. So, the song might be deviced by greeks, but in Turkihs. Secondly, it is a typical Constantinopolean sound, and the tradition of Constantinople as even turks will admit nowadays has been always (mainly) greek.

  • There was not forbidden for any nation to speak its language in the Ottoman Empire. Kostantinoupoli was never Greek, It was the capital of the Byzantium. Allow me to consider your comments on this song as a speculation.

  • @Sfentami It is influenced by Turkish military tunes. Greeks of the past did not have this kind of music.

    Nevermind it though, all versions are lovely.

  • very nice teamwork, further greece and turkey, further !!!!

  • i am in love...

  • i couldn't stop my teers, when i saw this beautiful teamwork with our komsu greece. many greetings to our komsu... saygilarla

  • I like Greek people, too. I am Turkish but I don't care about what others say...We all live under the same sun

  • aman aman xDDD

    I didn't know Greek said Aman Aman xDD

    NICE SONG GUYZ IM TURKISH AND I LOVE GREEK PEOPLE LIKE MY OWN.

  • perhaps there are many other things you don't know my friend. 2 million greeks lived at west minor asia till the war. aman is the minimum common that we got. as the famous old greek lady-author said to "bloody ground": ...kahr olsun!

  • I really wish you live with us again mate =/.

  • I can't believe this argument is still ongoing. A Bulgarian art house movie entitled "Whose Is This Song?" had tracked the roots of this melody back to the Turkish Ottoman military band over four hundred years ago which took the melody over to the places it occupied. This is why such places as Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Greece share this song in their folk catalogue and why places further west like Italy i.e. Venice (a place the Turks failed to conquer) do not...

  • Music transcends all stalemates, be it political or cultural. The cultural commonalities far exceed the divisive factors that have cultivated the standoff amongst the two nations. And when you take a beautiful song like this and try to make it political you're defying the purpose of the art, which is to in fact bridge the two cultures by ways of common traditions. It is sad when both you pigheaded idiots take something so pure as this song and chose to fight over it...Get over it!!!

  • here is another theory about the song. During the Crimean war Irish soldiers came and settled in Uskudar. This song was one of their military songs. While they were playing this song people in Uskudar liked and modified to Turkish and Greek. So it is not anybody's it shared value of all humanity.

  • Like the last year, it is still waste of time to dispute where this song comes from.

    Maybe a historian can find it out.

    I realize a nice song different nations with complicated history have in common.

    And to my fellow countrymen eastern of the Aegean/Ege denizi/Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: Watch your language and do not damage the reputation of Turkey by posting stupid and vulgar comments.

    By the way: I heard this song when I lived in Istanbul/Konstandinoúpoli :).

  • This is turkish song

    no doubt guys

  • it was made by greeks in smerna(izmir)

    when tyrkish had captured it ....

    its both countries property

  • i have not said that we need to go to war , especilally for music issues , but i hope you realize that turkish army is very aggressive towards Greece

  • @ Olafkarlson wir sind stolz auf dich. Weil dein Vater ein SS-Nazi war hahaha. @ Olafkarlson we are proud of you. Because your father was an SS Nazi. Sorry for your Mother. Because of the mass rapes of Scandinavian women.

  • love greek and turkish

  • This is a most beautiful song and interpretation. My Armenian friend at the Lycée in Beirut, Lebanon, taught me small pieces of the lyrics in 1956--those by the female interpreter! So, I've a word to the wise, music should bring people of different cultures closer to each other, not apart. To "askimati and boyfromblacksea, take a deeeeeeep breath and enjoy. Happy New Year! Rockymtndude/Arlington, Virginia.

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  • aaaaaaaaaaaaa sorry then but i saw it as indipended commence not as reply.....to reply to someone click "reply" not "post new comment" please.

    that's why i confused sorry

    regards from selanik