Metamorfoz ( Metamorphosis ) is the renowned Turkish pop singer Tarkan 's sixth studio album, which was released on December 25, 2007, in Turkey . The album was published in Europe and Asia.
42-456: Seven of the songs were written by Tarkan, while three others are collaborations with composer Ozan Çolakoğlu . The style and genre of the album is a brand new style, according to the official website, that would surprise fans and critics alike. The album evoked mixed reviews in the Turkish media, according to some journalists this is his worst album, while others think that these reviews are part of
84-424: A journal on Turkish literature, since 1951, Belleten , the annual journal on Turkic languages, since 1953, and Türk Dünyası , another periodical published twice a year on Turkish language and literature since 1996. The TDK allegedly changed the definition of the word "çapulcu" (plunderer) to "the one who acts deviant against the order, the one who ruins the order", after Erdoğan used the word against protesters in
126-619: A legal framework to enforce by law the recommendations of TDK in public life (contrary to Académie française in France , for example). On the other hand, there is a bill that is in consideration in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey at the moment that would give TDK and the Ministries of Education and Culture the tools to enforce legally the labelling of Turkish equivalents of these words next to their foreign counterparts, particularly in
168-480: A negative campaign, aiming to discredit Tarkan. Despite the bad criticism he had received, Metamorfoz sold 300,000 copies in the first week of its release, which, according to the Turkish music industry, gaining diamond certification . Metamorfoz was released in Europe on February 1, 2008, by Urban ( Universal Records ), in a few countries like Germany and Austria. The European release is an enhanced CD that includes
210-534: A new, Turkish album and in the beginning of 2007 he declared that he was working on new songs. However, release dates were continuously being postponed. The Turkish daily Hürriyet reported that the album would be released around Ramadan Fest , the three-day celebration after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan . It was rumoured that the first single would be called Biraz Nezaket ( A Little Courtesy ), written by Sezen Aksu . Tarkan denied this in an interview given at
252-504: A slow, emotional song on a smoke-covered stage. The third music video of the album was completely kept secret, and the song title was revealed to fans just days before the June 12, 2008 release. The clip of "Arada Bir" was shot on a road in Kırklarel. During the two-day filming of the dangerous scenes (including jumping from the van to the top of another car), the singer was replaced by a double. In
294-473: A virtual corridor in the same shiny grey suit he wears on the album cover. The second location is an attic, where he is sitting on a white sofa. Then he is dancing in an empty room, wearing black trousers, a black vest, sports shoes and a hat; as well as jeans, a leather coat and a yellow T-shirt with a Bruce Lee motif on it. The fourth location is a virtual stage with dark red curtains, with a screen behind that features Liraz Dror. Contrary to previous news that
336-414: Is an "anti-Tarkan lobby" in the domestic press, which might have resulted from the fact that the singer keeps a certain distance from the yellow press , so whatever he does, the press is going to tear into pieces with criticism. In other journalists and critics' opinion this is the worst album he has ever made, repeats himself and there is nothing original in it. There was one critic who refused to comment on
378-503: Is different from Tarkan's previous works. The cover pictures Tarkan with unusually short hair, in a shiny grey suit, an image unfamiliar to his fans, which also justifies the title of the album. The cover features the title in Braille dots for the visually impaired. In the first edition of the cover the Braille title was printed wrong and read Tarkaf instead of Tarkan . It was soon corrected and
420-408: Is in the sound. Possibly in the fact that he didn't give complete control of the arena of sound to Çolakoğlu, that Tarkan wasn't brave enough. When I first listened to "Vay Anam Vay", I thought the electronic, dance baseline was a step in the right direction. However, I realised after listening to the album as a whole that tarkan simply can't risk breaking away from himself. I don't see a need to mention
462-848: The Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul , declaring that release was delayed and the Sezen Aksu song was taken off the track list. Metamorfoz was finally released in Turkey on December 25, 2007, one day after its announced release date, while it came out on February 1, 2008 in Europe. Seven of the songs were written by Tarkan, three are collaborations with producer-composer Ozan Çolakoğlu . Metamorfoz means metamorphosis, transformation or change in English. The title indicates that musically Metamorfoz
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#1732858637568504-481: The internet service provider TTNet in Turkey. The album has received mixed reviews from the Turkish media. Some journalists defended Tarkan saying that critics should be engaged in discussing his music rather than his dressing style, which characterized most of the publicism that appeared in connection with the release. Columnist Tuna Serim pointed out in one of her articles that there was a definite hunt for Tarkan news in
546-551: The " Orhan Pamuk of music", who follows his own ways no matter what, just like the Nobel laurate writer. In the meantime, according to the daily Vatan , Metamorfoz "exploded like a bomb" on the music market, having sold 300.000 hard copies, while there were 49.000 Tarkan-related downloads from TTNetMüzik within a week, an internet site as the only one, where Tarkan's songs can legally be downloaded free of charge in MP3 format by subscribers of
588-571: The French Larousse, there was no Turkish translation of it. The TDK was established on 12 July 1932, initially under the name Türk Dili Tetkik Cemiyeti (Society for Research on the Turkish Language) by the initiative of Atatürk, president of the Republic of Turkey , Samih Rıfat , Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın , Celâl Sahir Erozan and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu , all prominent names in the literature of
630-436: The Turkish media, channels were ready to change their original schedules to feature Tarkan-related news, which are considered to be of primary importance. She also pointed out that the release of a music video is not given primary coverage in television news programmes in any country, while the release of "Vay Anam vay" was featured and discussed in the news programmes in Turkey. Cengiz Semercioğlu of Hürriyet thinks that there
672-404: The album is good, the songs are good but it would be high time that Tarkan were braver: To be frank, at first Metamorfoz reminded me how good Tarkan is at songwriting. A large section of the songs that make up the album are good songs. The album's music producer , Ozan Çolakoğlu , is to world standards in my opinion. Can Şengün on guitar , he is a maestro . So where's the problem? The problem
714-505: The album or even to listen to it. Others do not otherstand what other critics find unacceptable in the album. Tolga Akyıldız, a popular columnist for Hürriyet , made a comment on Metamorfoz only two months after the release, saying that he wanted to wait until such daily slanders fade away like the claim that Tarkan "stole" his image from an artist of the Erol Köse label. Akyıldız declared that he "cannot stomach it any more". According to him
756-733: The album's name its proper due... According to Hürriyet , the third most searched for words in the online dictionary of the Turkish Language Institute in January 2008 was "metamorfoz". The first of foreign radios to air Metamorfoz was the Persian Javan Radio in Washington, D.C. , United States; because of demand from the audience. Metamorfoz was released by Urban (a Universal Music company) on February 1, 2008 in Germany. The album
798-547: The cover reprinted. The style of the album is a mix of heavy electropop with dance and rock ; extensive use of samples , electric guitars thrown here and there, synthesizers and keyboards . Oriental percussion and strings sounds are given a minor role compared to his previous albums. Some journalists compared the style to that of Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears songs Toxic and Piece of Me , "mixed with some oriental sauce to make it slide easier". From
840-643: The group of Turkish languages, while the origin of Indo-European and Semitic language was disputed. At the same time, the Association led campaigns to replace the Arabic and Persian loanwords in the Turkish language. During the 3rd Congress the Sun Language Theory was presented according to which the Ural-Altaic, Indo-European and Semitic languages had their source in the Turkish language. And since Turkish
882-540: The head western languages specialist was Agop Dilaçar . The institution's name was changed to Turkish Language Research Institute in 1934, and it became the Turkish Language Institution in 1936. The institution heads academic linguistic research in Turkey into the Turkish language and its sister Turkic languages of Central Asia . In the 1930s the Hittite and Sumerian languages were also included into
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#1732858637568924-508: The language, contributes to linguistic research on Turkish and other Turkic languages , and is charged with publishing the official dictionary of the language, Güncel Türkçe Sözlük . A Language Council ( Turkish : Dil Heyeti ) which was established in March 1926 following approval of a draft bill presented by Education Minister Mustafa Necati in the Turkish parliament . In 1928 it was tasked with
966-642: The latinization of the Turkish alphabet . The Language Council would be put under the supervision of a Central Bureau, in which also Ahmet Cevat Emre , later the head of the Grammar and Syntax commission of the TDK would take a seat in. Upon request of Prime Minister Ismet Paşa (Inönü) the Language Council attempted to translate the French dictionary Petit Larousse into Turkish. The council then assigned certain words from
1008-406: The music video of "Vay Anam Vay". Tarkan's last Turkish language album was Dudu , in 2003. His first English language work, Come Closer did not bring satisfactory results when compared to the sales of his previous albums. It did not even reach gold sales, according to the list published by MÜ-YAP (Turkish Phonographic Institute). After the failure of Come Closer Tarkan decided to release
1050-819: The name Ozinga . He arranged " Every Way That I Can ", the song Sertab Erener won the Eurovision contest with. Years later, he would go on to arrange another Eurovision hit " Düm Tek Tek ", written by his friend Sinan Akçıl . Ozan Çolakoğlu is also credited for co-writing several of Tarkan 's songs, including the second (European) version of " Şımarık ". Apart from Tarkan , he worked for Nilüfer (albums Karar Verdim and Hayal , single "Zalimin Kararı"), Bendeniz , Deniz Seki , Nil Karaibrahimgil , Ümit Sayın, Pınar Aylin, Gökçe , Yaşar, Çelik Erişçi , Özgün, Kızlar, Tan Taşçi (song "İşaret"), Sibel Can (song "Çantada Keklik"), Gülşen (complete album Önsöz ). His works include
1092-548: The new Turkish dictionary to popular Turkish authors and professors of the Istanbul University , the only Turkish university at that time. The professors refused the use of the proposed neologisms which caused some protest by the Language Council to Ismet Paşa. The language council was dissolved in July 1931, after the Turkish parliament canceled their funds over the lack of results. Also years after having been tasked to translate
1134-763: The news media, advertising, and commercial communications. Several members of the TDK support the implementation of a pure Turkish for daily use. In 1935 it published an Ottoman Turkish /Pure Turkish dictionary to show the improvements of the language reform. It publishes Türkçe Sözlük , the official Turkish dictionary, and Yazım Kılavuzu , the Turkish writing guide, in addition to many other specialized dictionaries, linguistics books and several periodicals. The institution, in addition to maintaining Güncel Türkçe Sözlük has published more than 850 linguistics related books, mainly consisting of studies on Turkic languages , specialized dictionaries, philological books, and works of literature . TDK also publishes Türk Dili ,
1176-467: The period and members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey . Following the establishment of the TDK, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk called for the purification of the Turkish language, in order to remove the "yoke of the foreign tongues“. The first president of the association was Samih Rıfat , the first secretary general was Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın , the head specialist was Abdülkadir İnan and
1218-462: The scores of such popular movies like G.O.R.A. , Sınav or Organize İşler . Turkish Language Association The Turkish Language Association ( Turkish : Türk Dil Kurumu , TDK ) is the regulatory body for the Turkish language , founded on 12 July 1932 by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and headquartered in Ankara , Turkey . The Institution acts as the official authority on
1260-442: The second video clip of Metamorphoz was to be made for the song "Dilli Düdük", a music video for "Pare Pare" was eventually broadcast on Turkish television channels. The video was directed by Altan Dönmez, who had recorded several of Tarkan's music videos (including Gülümse Kaderine, Sorma Kalbım). Filming took place for one day at Istanbul's Ata Studios. Similar to "Vay Anam Vay", "Pare Pare" is an emotional video, in which Tarkan sings
1302-432: The self of me that looks so different when watched from outside but in reality is torn by storms. Of course, everyone has their own story. There should not be any prejudice towards anyone. What you project to the world and what you really are is different, I just wanted to put a reminder of that. First week after its release, Metamorfoz sold 300.000 copies, and was in high position on charts (as of January 2008). Besides, he
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1344-413: The songs Vay Anam Vay, Dilli Düdük, Arada Bir, Hop Hop, Çat Kapı and Dedikodu are faster dance songs, Bam Teli and Gün gibi are somewhat slower, while İstanbul Ağlıyor and Pare Pare are slow ballads . The story of the songs were told by Tarkan himself in an interview for the magazine Yeni Aktüel . In this song, I wanted to open my heart in its deepest and purest form. I wanted to share
1386-512: The songs. Ultimately it's a Tarkan album, it has good songs, it will hold, sell, that's a different issue. [...] the real issue is that tarkan needs to overtake himself now. There's no need to be his own best impersonation, there's a lot of those impersonators about. Now it's time to break new ground, to risk losing his dominance and take a brave new step. We see the first seeds of this in Metamorfoz but Tarkan needs to be more resolved. If only to give
1428-710: The task of coining such words from existing Turkish roots if no such equivalents exist, and actively promoting the adoption of these new coinages instead of their English equivalents in the daily lives of the Turkish population. TDK claims it doesn't coin Turkish equivalent words for foreign words which are already rooted deep down in the language such as "kalem (pencil,pen [from Arabic]),kitap (book [from Arabic]), radyo (radio [from French]), televizyon (television [from French])" but recently borrowed words such as "computer (bilgisayar [lit. information counter]), icetea (buzlu çay [lit. tea with ice]), flash memory (taşınabilir bellek [lit. portable memory])". Turkey currently doesn't have
1470-399: The video is Liraz Dror. "Vay Anam Vay" went on air on January 15, 2008 in Turkey. Just like the cover art, the music video of "Vay Anam Vay" is dominated by grey colors, which is only broken by the dark red color of the stage curtains. The video is without a storyline, Tarkan can be seen in several spots singing, with Liraz Dror in the background on a screen. First, he is seen in the middle of
1512-620: The video was made using bluebox technology in HD with a 120-frame storyboard. The entire background, as well as the vehicles and buildings in the clip, were computer graphics, with a crew of 35 working on the visuals. Tarkan's first concert abroad to promote Metamorfoz was held in the Wembley Arena in London on April 13, 2008, where his special guest was the Turkish nu metal band maNga . As announced at his own official website, another international concert
1554-490: The video, which was directed by Metin Arolat, Tarkan drives a red van and tries to convince his beloved of his love. The post-production of the video, including the graphics, took fifteen days. The music video was initially only available on the official website. Metamorfoz ' s fourth music video was made for the song "Dilli Düdük". It was directed by Murat Onbul. Preparations, filming, and post-production took three months, and
1596-495: Was awarded with a special appreciation from the Turkish Language Association ( Türk Dil Kurumu ), the president of the institute sent him a congratulation on his lyrics, appreciating how it cultivates the customs of the Turkish language , using several unique idioms and sayings, showing a great example to young people in preserving their mother tongue. Ecevit Kılıç , the columinst of Sabah newspaper called Tarkan
1638-532: Was born in Adana , Turkey in 1972. He attended the Berklee College of Music and his career started with Tarkan 's first album called Yine Sensiz . Besides working continuously with the Turkish pop idol, he also contributed to the albums of such notable artists like Nil Karaibrahimgil , Murat Boz or the well known all-female Turkish rock band, Pin-up. In the music world he is also known for his remixes under
1680-410: Was published in a special format, which contains the music video of "Vay Anam Vay". The video was shot in 2007 in the studios of 'İstanbul Film Sokağı', the director was Kıvanç Baruönü, who is known as the special effects master for the top hit Turkish sci-fi movie, G.O.R.A. starring Cem Yılmaz . The shooting lasted one day, the video was mainly made with bluescreen techniques. Tarkan's partner in
1722-511: Was scheduled on May 10 and 11, 2008 in Baku , Azerbaijan . Ozan %C3%87olako%C4%9Flu Ozan Çolakoğlu ( Turkish pronunciation: [oˈzan ˈtʃoɫakoːɫu] , born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer , songwriter and music producer ; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores . He co-founded the production company Sarı Ev (Yellow House), but left it in 2010 to work for dB Müzik . Ozan Çolakoğlu
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1764-437: Was the source of all languages, loanwords could further on persist and French loanwords were adopted more frequently. Recently however, the attention of the institution has been turned towards the persistent infiltration of Turkish, like many other languages, with English words, as a result of the globalization process. Since the 1980s, TDK campaigns for the use of Turkish equivalents of these new English loanwords. It also has
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