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A Playful And Lay-ful Playlist For Every Me

 I noticed that I haven't written anything about music. I cannot play any instruments, except a recorder that I have had to learn at school. Actually I like composing music on the phone with some basic apps, but it was just a hobby. I have mentioned that I am interested in the Korean language, culture and music. So, my playlist mostly consists of Korean and English based music. I will also add some Turkish songs that my parents and friends suggested to me. I also like classical music which consists of some violin and piano elements. Although I don't have much repertoire in classical music, I might not add every amazingly produced songs. I am making up together many songs here in a short time, so probably I won't be able to remember all of them, especially those foreign songs that I used to listen on the radio when I was a child. I will also write down some songs which don't have good lyrics but have good instrumentals, at least for me. You may not have the same taste wi...

Barış Manço: First "Peace" of Türkiye

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 Barış Manço, artist, musician, singer, composer, actor, producer, show host... We know him in many different jobs. But do we know his life? His family, music life, full name and more... Before Barış Manço's birth, let's talk about his grandparents. After Mehmet II's conquer of Istanbul, Mançozade Family moved to  Thessaloniki from Konya . They lived there until WWI, then moved to Istanbul again due to the hardships of war. Many years later, they changed their surname after the surname law came into force. Barış Manço was born in Istanbul on January 2nd, 1943 as Hakkı Manço and Rikkat Uyanık's second child with the full name; Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço. Barış Manço says that his name which means "peace" was given to him because of his parents' wanting the war to end. Barış Manço is also the first person to have this name in Türkiye. Mrs Rikkat and Mr Hakkı -were Turkish Classical Music artists-, separated when he was 3 years old. Barış Manço grew up w...

What is Bilsem? How To Get Accepted?

 Hi, you know, we moved recently, new house, new city, etc. Besides schools in Türkiye; There are schools that provide education for art, music and general talent. They are called Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi (Science and Art Centre), Bilsem for short. To enter the schools, you have to pass several staged exams. There are 3 sections in the art branch exam I had taken before. If you pass the written exam, you jump to the next step. It includes mathematics, Turkish and visual intelligence. If you pass a set score, you will be called for the next round. It is a drawing exam for drawing pencils. You sit at round placed tables in a school classroom and draw by looking at the object. I never forget, my object in my drawing exam was a ceramic teapot. After passing the second one, there is one left. And it is colored drawing by imagination. The teacher gives you a subject to draw, then you draw what you want. In my exam, the subject was space. At the end of the day, if you pass ...