The Ottomans absorbed and copied the best of the people among whom they ruled. I agree with that. This was Greek music, and always will be from the Anatolian Greeks. This song is awesome. Let us enjoy it, and however, do not forget where it came from originally, the Asia Minor Greeks.
do not be nationalist scum in both ways,doesn t matter if they are greek or turkish.what happened in the bloody history,just happened to poor people.its still shame though turkish people are still washing themselves by prejudice and racism.but hey;the question is:who does not?I think the musicians who are singing and playing the mediterranean songs...
this type of music they call Turkish does not exsist among Turic tribes ( Turks)....Turks absorbed much of what they occupied now they call it their own just pure arogance..Note I said TURIC peoples...that includes Turkmenistan Ajerbijan etc.....and those that border China....
my friend, all this cities are now turkish... but we are still live together in friendship... manhatten was a indian island, today it is the island the kapitalist... that s life
I can't blame the Turks for wanting to claim Hellenic culture as their own, even the Slavs to the north Vardar region want to claim part of hellenic history..... The fact is turks trully have no culture they are originally tartaric/mongolian people and nomadically travelled west.... Absorbing and copying/ stealing land and culture... And to this day they try to sell tourism on ancient Hellenic history ranging from hellespont/Troy to ephesaus.
Kalimeraba, you are a kind and gentle person. I wish what you said were true. Unfortunately, it is not. It's always the everyday people that do the killing. My grandparents fled Turkey in '22 to save their lives and half of their families never made it. Until Turkey faces up to its past, '22. '54 and '74 will be a clouding shadow between our people. I wish you peace and health, my friend. Take care :)
yes, but until the people who commited crimes say that they did them, and ask for forgiveness, how can the other people treat them as if they have done nothing?
Pretending that nothing happened helps no one. Not even the guilty, who only rot in their collective souls.
i live in a village called GALLIKOS and its 700 residents of 1400 are refuges from Mikra Asia..When i talk to the elders and ask what happened back then..tears cover their faces..and hurt their heart...i should live there too now..but...Unfortunatelly nothing can set us free and never will..we live here now and someone should be the bigger man...and who knows..people can change..thats why im sayin this hate must end sometime..from every which way.. Dont let the past haunt u anymore..
Sad! It seems an impossible situation, and yes, there is a lot of animosity incolved. Yet I think there is a difference between hate and justice. You need not hate someone who has done something to you. But you can ask for their apology. And unless they give it to you, they are not your friend and you have no reason to trust them.
the only thing that maters is that this is a good song and we all enjoy it. Let history give only knowledge to you but NEVER EVER let history give feelings to you because you will repeat its ugliest pages. No one has no right to feel pride and no obligation to feel shame about what other people did before him. a Greek
very true say my friend! learn from past mistakes and great influencial people like plato, aristotle etc but keep feelings of the past back there where it belongs so we don't repeat mistakes, i.e pandora's box - don't open it same thing applies!
This music belongs to us all,so does each others cultures and heritage.We have all influenced each other,culturally and genetically.The truth only hurts bigots.We are cousins Yamas!.Sagolun!Please dont fight, Love!
pws mporeis na thewreis aderfo sou kapoion pou se ediwkse apo to spiti sou sfazontas se kai menei akoma kai koimate sto krevatoi tis giagias sou kai tou papou sou??egw piga kai to vrika to diko mu stin smurni...kai den me afisan oute sto katofli na mpw...den katigorw kanenan...alla aderfos gia emena simainei aima kai anidiotelia se ola.....sugnwmi alla den tous dexomai se tipota...
twra teleftaia to paioume aderfia ktlp..kai prin 100 mas sfazan ths oikogenies.kai egw den exw problhma na exoume kales sxeseis..ala oxi na stinoume kai kolo
i am a turk and this song is the mixture of Greek and Turkish culture.for centuries Turks and Greeks are friends, neighbours , brothers, sisters, aren't they ?
No.The turks just absorb cultures from the areas they occupied and this mixture called "turkish".In order to see what is turkish u have to see what they had before they came to Asia minor.If u will look Kazakstan,Kirgizstan,...u will see turkish culture,defenatelly NOT in the turkish state.The day that turks will accept that Tamzara is Armenian,Pontian/Laz are greek etc then we can start to discuss.But if u seek for friendship you are wellcome to share OUR culture with us!
Just a bit of nitpicking here: the problem is that even in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, et. al., the culture has also changed too. Ever heard of the Soviet Union? Stalin? The so-called Kyrgyz epic "Manas" that was devised by the Russians because apparently in the eyes of the Kremlin the Kyrgyz people lacked an "official" history, and thus imposed one on them?
Nothing compares to the glory of Hellenic culture. I am constantly amazed at the Greek spirit, the more I read and see and learn.
So, I can understand why the Turkish want to copy the great music and dance of the Greeks and others who lived there, but do they know so little about their own history that they claim other cultures as their own? That seems unfair, like cheating, or thievery.
Sorry, but this particular type of Greek music is heavily Turkish influenced, if not completely borrowed from Turkish traditions. Ask a Greek musician if you don't believe me.
And as we all know, Turks took the cultural influences of all the people in the lands they controlled, taking the lovely Greek, Armenian etc melodies, customs, cookery, etc. As someone said, the Turks have very good taste to take the best of other cultures and claim them as their own.
Then again so much of culture is about borrowing. Imitation is the best flattery :)
Why do you say I would say that? Do you know anything about me? Anyway, I suggest that you learn a little bit about Greek music before you make silly statements like this. As I said before, ask a Greek musician if you don't believe me.
Do you know anything about the music you're listening to? For example, do you know the names of the two instruments being played in the middle of the band, and where they come from?
We DO know that the Ottomans absorbed and copied the best of the cultures among whom they ruled. And who could blame them? There's nothing lovelier than Greek music. :)
Only because the songs were created by Greeks from Turkey, in the Turkish (and also in New York as refugies) from Turkey. And so we have them in both languages.
an peis ,oti na exoume kales politikes sxeseis..malista.ala to aderfia pou kollaei.mexri to 99 giortazan sthn smyrnh thn sfagh ton ellhnon.den goustarw tetoia aderfia.
den pnigosaste leo egw akou Ellines kai vromotourkalades filoi tous ypolipous ellines mas rotisate an theloume na legomaste filoi me tous tourkous moggolous dolofonous?
The Ottomans absorbed and copied the best of the people among whom they ruled. I agree with that. This was Greek music, and always will be from the Anatolian Greeks. This song is awesome. Let us enjoy it, and however, do not forget where it came from originally, the Asia Minor Greeks.
romanticanj 5 months ago
I don't know why everyones arguing about Turkey, and how Turks are responsible for 'bad things.' Why not just comment on how awesome this song is?
kokkinomalli 10 months ago 6
do not be nationalist scum in both ways,doesn t matter if they are greek or turkish.what happened in the bloody history,just happened to poor people.its still shame though turkish people are still washing themselves by prejudice and racism.but hey;the question is:who does not?I think the musicians who are singing and playing the mediterranean songs...
putmyguitarawaymummy 1 year ago
@Kalimeraba
bullshit! In your delusional dreams (or revisionist textbooks) perhaps!
Americanissima 1 year ago
this type of music they call Turkish does not exsist among Turic tribes ( Turks)....Turks absorbed much of what they occupied now they call it their own just pure arogance..Note I said TURIC peoples...that includes Turkmenistan Ajerbijan etc.....and those that border China....
pentogram23 1 year ago
not true, alas.
TheAnneelise 2 years ago
Symirnia, Trapezundes, Sinope, Argyropolis,Rizion, Amasia, Yevdokia, Tigranakert, Van, Mush, Adana, Ayntap, Mardin, Paghesh,Varto,Yedesa,Kharpert,Garin/Teodosapolis,Gesaria, Sebastia:Sebastapolis,Tripolis, Konstantinopolis, Nikomedia...all old Armenians, Greeks, Assyrian city in Anatolia.
ArmandoArmeni 2 years ago 3
heart-breaking!! Almost too terrible to believe all that happened to those people and the places that they created!!
Memory Eternal!
TheAnneelise 2 years ago
my friend, all this cities are now turkish... but we are still live together in friendship... manhatten was a indian island, today it is the island the kapitalist... that s life
YandimERSIN 2 years ago
@YandimERSIN
hardly, dude. Very lame answer. apples and oranges.
Conquest has always been the way that nations have been created, sure.
But why did the Turks have to kill so brutally, so wickedly, and the most innocent of the people?
Also BIG difference is that America has confessed its sins/crimes against native people and slaves. But Turkey refuses to admit to genocides.
And you call Greece and Turkey friends? What sort of friend kills and rapes and then denies it?
No, not true.
Americanissima 1 year ago
I can't blame the Turks for wanting to claim Hellenic culture as their own, even the Slavs to the north Vardar region want to claim part of hellenic history..... The fact is turks trully have no culture they are originally tartaric/mongolian people and nomadically travelled west.... Absorbing and copying/ stealing land and culture... And to this day they try to sell tourism on ancient Hellenic history ranging from hellespont/Troy to ephesaus.
W211BEAST 2 years ago
@W211BEAST
no culture? I think you know nothing about Asian culture of Turkish nations.
yobrowassupp 1 year ago
perfect!Greetings from Turkey-İzmir(smirni).Zito i filia
aleksisforbes 2 years ago 20
Kalimeraba, you are a kind and gentle person. I wish what you said were true. Unfortunately, it is not. It's always the everyday people that do the killing. My grandparents fled Turkey in '22 to save their lives and half of their families never made it. Until Turkey faces up to its past, '22. '54 and '74 will be a clouding shadow between our people. I wish you peace and health, my friend. Take care :)
mrsjinx 2 years ago 6
torks need to face their history and stop pretending its an international conspiracy.
over the 20th century torks are responsible for the massacring more than 4 million people..
learn fro m the German nation and stop ridiculing turkey internationally.
amet1980 2 years ago 3
Love this song!Love rembetiko!
I am german,but sice my early years i love the greek music and also oriental music...
what i said:
we are all brothers and sisters i the world.
loverplease 2 years ago 9
in an ideal world, yes.
But what kind of brothers and sisters kill each other?
TheAnneelise 2 years ago
many things happened back then...
we know nothing...
this conflict lasts to eternity...
Greece is the diamond of mediterranean...everyone wants her...
politicians have to respect to each others borders...
this fanatized mob has to stop...we are all people...enough happened already..i think its time to start behaving like neighbors....
metixaras 2 years ago 3
yes, but until the people who commited crimes say that they did them, and ask for forgiveness, how can the other people treat them as if they have done nothing?
Pretending that nothing happened helps no one. Not even the guilty, who only rot in their collective souls.
Only the truth sets us free!
TheAnneelise 2 years ago
i live in a village called GALLIKOS and its 700 residents of 1400 are refuges from Mikra Asia..When i talk to the elders and ask what happened back then..tears cover their faces..and hurt their heart...i should live there too now..but...Unfortunatelly nothing can set us free and never will..we live here now and someone should be the bigger man...and who knows..people can change..thats why im sayin this hate must end sometime..from every which way.. Dont let the past haunt u anymore..
metixaras 2 years ago 3
Sad! It seems an impossible situation, and yes, there is a lot of animosity incolved. Yet I think there is a difference between hate and justice. You need not hate someone who has done something to you. But you can ask for their apology. And unless they give it to you, they are not your friend and you have no reason to trust them.
TheAnneelise 2 years ago
yes it was.
Until the Turks killed all the non-Turks!
Americanissima 2 years ago
yes you are right my friend.
darkjohnny123 2 years ago 3
A beautiful Rempetiko song!
beuabare 2 years ago
the instruments are ; the first one is kanouni
the one looks like big bouzouki is outi
the dance is karsilamas
awesome asia minor!!!
beuabare 2 years ago
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harlow98 2 years ago
Smirni mou,athanati ellinida tis asias mas.stolidi mou tha ksanarthoume na boume sta arxontika mas,akoma ta skeftomaste...
ThanosTgr 2 years ago 3
güzel izmirim
orcun0035 2 years ago 2
the only thing that maters is that this is a good song and we all enjoy it. Let history give only knowledge to you but NEVER EVER let history give feelings to you because you will repeat its ugliest pages. No one has no right to feel pride and no obligation to feel shame about what other people did before him. a Greek
gregkrf 2 years ago
very true say my friend! learn from past mistakes and great influencial people like plato, aristotle etc but keep feelings of the past back there where it belongs so we don't repeat mistakes, i.e pandora's box - don't open it same thing applies!
ya su peace!
cypriotenglish 2 years ago
geia soy Smynri athanati!!!
vasokir 3 years ago 4
Hello to turkish brother, religion, nationality don't play role, we are all humans!
Dorsal81 3 years ago
This music belongs to us all,so does each others cultures and heritage.We have all influenced each other,culturally and genetically.The truth only hurts bigots.We are cousins Yamas!.Sagolun!Please dont fight, Love!
greywolf4713 3 years ago
You are so right, these songs belong to all of us and should unite instead of divide...
mirikiniou 3 years ago 2
What's bullshit, Kalimeraba?
kafetzou 3 years ago
Naturally it was! The mltiethnic matrix was inherited from the Romman and Byzantine empires that came before.
To say it is Turkish influence is not correct.
It was influenced more by Arabian and Indian and Persian cultures and NOT Turkish culture.
JimmyTheGreek2000 3 years ago 2
Zito Greeks-Tourkous We are also adefia...Opaa
Glykeria gia sou cok yasa Glikeria Zhto Izmir
and izmirliler (Smyrians)
Smyrna92 3 years ago 2
pws mporeis na thewreis aderfo sou kapoion pou se ediwkse apo to spiti sou sfazontas se kai menei akoma kai koimate sto krevatoi tis giagias sou kai tou papou sou??egw piga kai to vrika to diko mu stin smurni...kai den me afisan oute sto katofli na mpw...den katigorw kanenan...alla aderfos gia emena simainei aima kai anidiotelia se ola.....sugnwmi alla den tous dexomai se tipota...
ALKIS84 3 years ago
pou kolaei to greece and turkey me to na zisei o pontos?
darkjohnny123 3 years ago
twra teleftaia to paioume aderfia ktlp..kai prin 100 mas sfazan ths oikogenies.kai egw den exw problhma na exoume kales sxeseis..ala oxi na stinoume kai kolo
Paniwleo1890 3 years ago 3
greece and turkey=komsu ve kardes!
Na zisei o PONTOS!
OlgaAth 3 years ago
Glykeria a une voix très belle, n'est-ce pas?
Dan1988A 4 years ago 2
hakanpeker :) ofcourse we are :)) we don't have notthing to fight for mate! all bad things , is better for all to pass away!
Apasp32 4 years ago 2
i am a turk and this song is the mixture of Greek and Turkish culture.for centuries Turks and Greeks are friends, neighbours , brothers, sisters, aren't they ?
hakanpeker 4 years ago
No.The turks just absorb cultures from the areas they occupied and this mixture called "turkish".In order to see what is turkish u have to see what they had before they came to Asia minor.If u will look Kazakstan,Kirgizstan,...u will see turkish culture,defenatelly NOT in the turkish state.The day that turks will accept that Tamzara is Armenian,Pontian/Laz are greek etc then we can start to discuss.But if u seek for friendship you are wellcome to share OUR culture with us!
dertilis 4 years ago 8
Just a bit of nitpicking here: the problem is that even in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, et. al., the culture has also changed too. Ever heard of the Soviet Union? Stalin? The so-called Kyrgyz epic "Manas" that was devised by the Russians because apparently in the eyes of the Kremlin the Kyrgyz people lacked an "official" history, and thus imposed one on them?
Dan1988A 4 years ago
Totally agree!
Nothing compares to the glory of Hellenic culture. I am constantly amazed at the Greek spirit, the more I read and see and learn.
So, I can understand why the Turkish want to copy the great music and dance of the Greeks and others who lived there, but do they know so little about their own history that they claim other cultures as their own? That seems unfair, like cheating, or thievery.
Americanissima 3 years ago 6
Sorry, but this particular type of Greek music is heavily Turkish influenced, if not completely borrowed from Turkish traditions. Ask a Greek musician if you don't believe me.
kafetzou 3 years ago
yes, yes, of course you would say that :)
And as we all know, Turks took the cultural influences of all the people in the lands they controlled, taking the lovely Greek, Armenian etc melodies, customs, cookery, etc. As someone said, the Turks have very good taste to take the best of other cultures and claim them as their own.
Then again so much of culture is about borrowing. Imitation is the best flattery :)
Americanissima 3 years ago
Why do you say I would say that? Do you know anything about me? Anyway, I suggest that you learn a little bit about Greek music before you make silly statements like this. As I said before, ask a Greek musician if you don't believe me.
kafetzou 3 years ago
I don't believe you :)
Americanissima 3 years ago
Do you know anything about the music you're listening to? For example, do you know the names of the two instruments being played in the middle of the band, and where they come from?
kafetzou 3 years ago
We DO know that the Ottomans absorbed and copied the best of the cultures among whom they ruled. And who could blame them? There's nothing lovelier than Greek music. :)
Americanissima 3 years ago 16
hey you have no idea about Greece! just travel more and see!
beuabare 2 years ago
my dear, I LIVED in Greece.
I LOVE Greece :)
And as I said, there's nothing lovelier than Greek music :)!!!
Americanissima 2 years ago 5
Correct you are my friend, first they eliminnated the people (Armenians, Greeks etc.), then they took our culture and call it their very own.
JimmyTheGreek2000 3 years ago 5
Only because the songs were created by Greeks from Turkey, in the Turkish (and also in New York as refugies) from Turkey. And so we have them in both languages.
JimmyTheGreek2000 3 years ago 4
well we certainly won't ask a Turk cuz we already know what he's gonna say :)!!
Americanissima 2 years ago
here glikeria
hail glikeria
iluvglikeria 4 years ago
Eisai anistorith malako.
Eragtikh diethnistikh allylegkeih me tou tourkous adelfous mas.
Enas Smyrnios.....
Pouliopoulos 4 years ago
an peis ,oti na exoume kales politikes sxeseis..malista.ala to aderfia pou kollaei.mexri to 99 giortazan sthn smyrnh thn sfagh ton ellhnon.den goustarw tetoia aderfia.
Enas Smyrnios
Paniwleo1890 3 years ago 2
den pnigosaste leo egw akou Ellines kai vromotourkalades filoi tous ypolipous ellines mas rotisate an theloume na legomaste filoi me tous tourkous moggolous dolofonous?
Nyxtolouloudo 4 years ago
I am happy to see Greece and Turkey being friends. Hello to all! Nice video and thank you for posting it.
gvourtsis 4 years ago
geia sas paidia!!hello friends!!!
LorenzoGrecia 4 years ago 2
Cok guzel! Yunanistan and Turkiye...friends forever!
Izmir or Smyrna.......who cares? It is a blend of both cultures.
trojanguy31 4 years ago 4
akribws ;) exactly ;) friends :)
reneecy 4 years ago
güzel izmirimin şarkısı..greek friends izmir or smyrni no problem.we are friends
atillasulekoglu 4 years ago