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Belgian-Turkish Star Hadise's New Clip
Turkish singer Hadise, who was born in and lives in Belgium, released a new video today for another single off her Ask Kac Beden Giyer record (also called "Ask Kac Beden Giyer"). Like this track much more than the debut offering from the set, "Superman," which dropped earlier this year. The former Eurovision Song Contest participant (2009) is quite popular in Turkey and she's also very well-known in Belgium (she's apparently friends with Kate Ryan).The song title translates from Turkish to "what size do you wear?" or similar and I have to say this might be the raciest promo I've seen from Hadise. Hot clip, directed by Hulya Acikgoz.
Turkey "Lives It Up" For Eurovision 2011
One of the more offbeat songs this year in the Eurovision competition is Turkey's "Live It Up" by Yüksek Sadakat. The band is not bad, and this song really grows on you. It probably won't win, but "Live It Up" may surprise people and place fairly high this year. Have a look at the released late last month clip below. Interetesting fusion of rock, pop and dance rhythms with classical elements that is somehow very European. Oh yes, it's also ridiculous and oddly optimistic.
Romania's Aimi "Loves Istanbul" (A Lot)
Aimi (aka Adina Butar) loves Istanbul. How do I know? Because Aimi screams it in this excellent and absurdly catchy song. Aimi is Romanian (from Deva) but she has a thing for Turkey, apparently. This video was just released today and the track is by Istanbul's Emrah Is. Anyway, this is a fresh-sounding pop/dance collaboration that I already can't stop listening to. Check it out below. (h/t monden.info)
Naguale: Bucharest "Gets Up" In Instanbul
This is a great upbeat video by Romania's Naguale that was filmed in Istanbul. "Get Up" was just released yesterday and I love the shots from Taksim Square. I've never been to Turkey but this promo has me itching to go. A creative clip that fits the upbeat song. Love it. (H/T moden.info)
Turkish tattoo time with Gökçe
I have received several requests for more Turkish videos on this blog, and I just came across this clip, which merits a post. Sure, there are thousands of vampy dance vixens with "sexy" new clips from the associate member of the European Union, but I really liked the throwback vibe of this video by Gökçe with Istanbul's own epic sax guy, Serdar Barcin. I mean, we've got tats, we've got sax, we've got smoke machines and perhaps most importantly, we've got beautiful women wrestling for no reason at all. File under unexpected Turkish win.
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