Everything about Anatolian Rock totally explained
Turkish rock or
Anatolian Rock is a fusion of
Turkish folk and
rock music. It emerged during the mid-
1960s, soon after rock groups such as the
Beatles,
Rolling Stones,
Led Zeppelin,
Yes,
Status Quo, and
Omega became popular in
Turkey and is characterized through the work of Turkish musicians like
Murat Ses,
Cem Karaca,
Barış Manço,
Erkin Koray alongside bands such as
Moğollar,
Kurtalan Ekspres,
Mavi Işıklar,
Apaşlar and
Kardaşlar. Today, Anatolian Rock is a general term used to describe music derived from both traditional
Turkish folk music and
Rock.
History and Development
The Turkish Rock movement is believed to have began in the 1950s with the arrival of
The Shadows and developed further during the next decade with the increasing popularity of Western music acts. Along with the introduction of these bands, Turkish society began to undergo significant cultural changes, for example the growth of
multi-party democracy in the region. These simultaneous developments aided the growth, development, and increasing popularity of a musical style that was attached to modernity.
Following these developments, from
1966 to about
1975,
psychedelic rock became extremely popular in Turkey, notably the work of guitarist
Erkin Koray. After that, more
progressive-styled bands garnered popularity, with older performers like
Cem Karaca (
Safinaz,
1978) and
Moğollar (
Düm-tek) moving as well towards progressive Anatolian rock style.
Related musicians and bands
As other rock genres gained popularity in Turkey, Anatolian rock also began to diversify. In the last decade, there has been a growth of Turkish rock bands such as
Pentagram,
Mor ve Ötesi,
Kurban,
Kargo,
Çilekeş,
Dorian,
Duman and
maNga, the latter having won the "Best Rock Band" award in almost all polls in 2005. The specific influences acting upon these bands fall into a wide range of genres, from the
Seattle Sound to
heavy or
doom metal and
rapcore. Hence, Anatolian rock refers to a fusion of a wide selection of western rock sub genres with either a traditional Turkish sound or indeed, even rock music with Turkish lyrics. Such cultural fusion led the way for
rock music to develop in Turkey.
There are also individual
pop rock performers who have gained success such as
Özlem Tekin,
Şebnem Ferah,
Haluk Levent,
Demir Demirkan,
Kargo soloist
Koray Candemir,
Kıraç and
Teoman. In the end of 80s, one of the first metal group in Turkey;
Mezarkabul formed. Later 90s and 2000s many metal bands formed, such as
Moribund Oblivion,
Episode 13,
...aaaarrghh...,
Soul Sacrifice,
Kayra,
Gates of Eternity.
Large-scale rock festivals (past and current)
References and notes
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