Thanks to @backinblackindevil for the nomination. (And thanks to 
I chose to use English for this series of posts since the rules at 
Let's go on a journey through time then. I'm taking some inspiration from
We are back in the middle of the nineties. Radio is playing Dr Alban, Roxette and similar acts all the time while I discover a world of its own: Turkish music. Back in those days it was sold in the Turkish stores on tape. I even remember that my town had two stores to go to where you could by music tapes. I think none of them exists any more.
It was all very 80ies-like, with the photos on the tape covers and so ...
One singer to fall easy for as a girl was Tarkan. A little later, he even got some airplay in German radio but I don't remember with which song.
It's hard to pick just one song so I pick two. ;o)
I associate both with this time and I cannot tell which we heard more when I was with my Turkish friends eating dolma which were freshly prepared by my friend's aunt. (The Turkish word for aunt, teyze, is used for any older woman which is too old to be referred to as abla, older sister, thus the term teyze doesn't tell much about the real biological relationship.)
I was introduced to Turkish dishes back then the first time and I think those were the best dolma I will ever get in my life. (Since when will I ever have a chance to get an old lady's own version of that recipe again in a similar atmosphere ...?)
Well, I actually heard both songs while writing. I love the way Arab singing style is incorporated. And Turkish seems to me to be such a nice language for song. I'm falling for the music style again actually ...
Sometimes on my own I practised some belly dancing with those songs. I could just start again now ...
We had a school party at the end of each summer term where the girls from foreign countries were encouraged to come in their festive dresses - and they did - as well as every pupil from abroad was asked to bring some decoration and dishes (food) to show and offer. An international party with an oriental twist, so to speak. Wide and straight formed A-line dresses with lots of gold embroided. Knitted and stuffed little boots in the size of key chains, sitting between the china. So new and so fascinating to me.
Since then I always intended to buy a set of Turkish tea glasses for myself but I never did ...
Well, I will listen to Simarik (the second song) now for a last time. I could not do this article in 4 minutes. I'm just too dreamy.
Enough dreaming, now I need to nominate someone myself. I'd love to see 
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