Tarkan’s Album Dünyayı sesiyle resmeden sanatçı. Her not, bir başyapıtThe artist who painted the world with his voice. Each note,
TARKAN: HIS VOICE AND GENIUS IN TRIBUTES
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Introduction: The Tribute Album and Commercial Success
In 2014, Tarkan took part in the tribute album “The Best of Kayahan 1”, dedicated to the legendary Turkish singer and composer Kayahan. The project was a resounding commercial success: it sold over 200 thousand copies and remained at the top of the D&R “Best seller” list for a full 12 weeks. As a double CD, the album reached 1 million sales on digital music platforms.
2. The Song Choice and the Performance
The “Megastar” chose to reinterpret the iconic track “Yemin Ettim” (I Swore), a piece that had already broken sales records for Kayahan in 1991. For the recording, Tarkan was accompanied by 30 strings in İskender Paydaş’s studio. The performance was so highly regarded that Kayahan himself expressed great admiration, and the album’s producer, Murat Yıldırım, sent Tarkan a message with the words: “You made a great oath!”
3. Lyric Analysis: Sacrificed Love
“Yemin Ettim” is an intense and dramatic ballad that explores the themes of sacrifice, regret, and anger during a separation. The protagonist is devastated but bound by an unbreakable oath:
“Yemin Ettim” (Translated Excerpt)
I have been alone for centuries, I regret my fate. We condemned everything to anger. I have made an oath that I cannot break. Let them leave you to others and hit me. To you the paths of love, to me the bullets. The apocalypse is breaking out in my poor heart. I am destroyed, destroyed, destroyed now.
4. Additional Details: The Video and the Kayahan Legend
Tarkan’s video clip for “Yemin Ettim” was created using emotional live footage, recorded during the concert the singer held at the Harbiye Open Air Theatre in the summer of 2014.
Kayahan (1949 – 2015) was one of the pillars of Turkish pop and singer-songwriter music. Among his successes are the album “Yemin Ettim” (1991) and his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim.”