Orhan Gencebay and Our Generation...

Unfortunately, Turkey has been dragged into an economic depression in recent years.

The cost of living is going crazy like a truck with a blown brake. Where it will stand is unknown!

There are those who live this cost of living and those who don't care...

However, there are some who make rambling comments about the economic crisis.

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In my youth, arabesque music was very popular. Youth was either Orhancı, Ferdici, Muslim or Ibo.

I loved Orhan Gencebay's songs. I didn't want to miss any of his tapes. I used to buy cassettes when my budget was pretty good.

Look at what Mr. Orhan Gencebay says about the economic crisis on Turkey's agenda: “The plans and projects of the foreigners came out according to what they wanted to do. In the 90s, the dollar was close to 100 percent every year. We have experienced them. Is 7 thousand 500 percent interest charged? It was being taken. Turkey has become an interest paying country. They robbed us, exploited us. Turkey experienced them. Yes, there is a problem, the whole world is a place of fire due to the pandemic. This will pass, do not exaggerate. Yes, there is trouble, but it is nothing compared to the troubles of the 70s and 90s. In the 70s, there was no life safety. He used to go abroad every 3 years. His car could buy 1 tank of gas. Everything was rationed. Queues, rations. There was no safety."

Hey, Orhan Gencebay... You became famous in the 70's, which you didn't like. You released most of your tapes in those years. People bought millions of his tapes in those years. Thanks to the films you shot in those years, you filled the movie theaters. Unfortunately, it was those years that you criticize that made you who you are. According to us, the foundation of today's assets goes back to those years.

There was a song by Mr. Gencebay…

“Woe to the Servant!”

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Let's come to the generation that Orhan Gencebay talked about…

After school, we used to play in the street until the evening. We never watched TV.

We almost competed with each other for studying and for the teacher to put us on the blackboard in the classroom.

We used to write letters to our mothers, neighbors, and lovers.

When the postman came to our village, we would explode with joy.

We grew up with bread made with a mixture of corn flour and wheat flour. We used to see today's bakery bread once or twice a month. We named it 'Cici mama'.

We also milked the cows and shoveled in the barn. But we also went to the theater, to the cinema…

We used to play with real friends, not internet friends.

When we were thirsty, we drank tap water, not bottled water.

We learned to swim in ponds in rivers, not on beaches.

Even though we shared the same glass with four friends, we didn't get sick.

Although we ate a lot of rice and pasta almost every day, we never gained weight.

We would walk around barefoot, but nothing would happen to our feet.

Our mom and dad would never give us additional food supplements or vitamins to keep us healthy.

We used to create our own toys and play with them.

Our family was not rich. They gave us love, not property.

We didn't have cell phones, DVDs, playstation, Xbox, video games, PCs, internet chat—but we did have real friends.

We used to visit our friend's house without invitation whenever we wanted and have fun with them.

Very different from your world, we would live together with all our relatives, and there would be close ties between us.

The photos we took were black and white, but full of colorful memories.

We had ideals such as carrying the country to better days, studying a lot, being a man, which maybe we could not do well, we were defeated, but we paid a great price for it.

We are a unique, understanding generation because we are the last generation to listen to what their parents have to say.

We are also the first generation to listen and consider their children.

There's more, but that's it for now...

Stay well…