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Başbuğum bu destan sanadır yine
Ülkücü tavırdan yanadır yine
Sene doksanyedi tarih dört nisan
Ülkücüye onbir aydan sert nisan
Sen gittin ya içimizde dert nisan
O gün bizi görsen bilmem ne derdin
Eminim ki alnımızdan öperdin
Güneşli bir günde yitirdik seni
Fırtınada karda götürdük seni
Gönül köşkümüze yatırdık seni
O gün bizi görsen bilmem ne derdin
Kalkabilsen alnımızdan öperdin
Gidişine yerler gökler ağladı
Turan yetim kaldı kara bağladı
Tekbirler ağıtlar yürek dağladı
O gün bizi görsen bilmem ne derdin
Sen Başbuğ'dun alnımızdan öperdin
Sen gittin ardından divan kuruldu
Meydan gümbürdedi oklar gerildi
Kavga döğüş bir karara varıldı
Olanları görsen bilmem ne derdin
Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Ayrılıp yuvadan uçanlar oldu
Diyardan diyara göçenler oldu
Başka elde bayrak açanlar oldu
Olanları görsen bilmem ne derdin
Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Oğlun Tuğrul parti kurdu çekildi
Azmi Başkan arkasına takıldı
Aldemir'de doğru yola sokuldu
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Biz kaldık çalıştık seçim kazandık
Sarımsak soğansız biçim kazandık
Asgari ücretten geçim kazandık
Şölenleri görsen bilmem ne derdin
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Ecevit Bahçeli Yılmaz oldular
Hükümet kurmaya karar kıldılar
Yazdılar çizdiler işe daldılar
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Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Muhteşem bir ilgi alâka oldu
Kapımız kırmızı pilâka doldu
Bir günde binlerce yalaka geldi
Gelenleri görsen bilmem ne derdin
Herhalde kahkahayla gülerdin
Son gelenler baş köşeye yerleşti
Tüm halkalar zincir oldu birleşti
İş karıştı anlatmakta zorlaştı
Halimizi görsen bilmem ne derdin
Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Marmarayı deprem aldı götürdü
Yolsuzluklar memleketi bitirdi
Anadolu ümidini yitirdi
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Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Hortumcular dükkân açtı her yere
Namusluya tayin çıktı zor yere
Kuşatıldık gidemiyoz bir yere
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Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
İmf'ye kaptırdılar yakayı
Borsa dolar hiç sevmiyor şakayı
Temel Reis haciz verdi takayı
Halimizi görsen bilmem ne derdin
Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Ekonomi raydan çıktı gidiyor
İşçi köylü kemer sıktı gidiyor
Fukara canından bıktı gidiyor
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Herhalde inanmaz geri giderdin
Yalvardık yakardık fayda etmedi
Feryadımız Ankara'ya gitmedi
Başörtüsü okul derdi bitmedi
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Bir kanlı katile idam verdiler
İmralı'ya tatil köyü kurdular
Şehitleri birde bunlar vurdular
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Vallahi billâhi geri giderdin
Bir şehit çocuğu tuttu yakamı
Abi dedi : Bu olanlar şaka mı ?
Siz buysanız geri verin babamı
Bu feryadı duysan bilmem ne derdin
Vallahi billâhi geri giderdin
Utançtan sokağa çıkamaz olduk
Kimsenin yüzüne bakamaz olduk
Yakamıza Bozkurt takamaz olduk
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Vallahi billâhi geri giderdin
Yazdığım destanlar kahretti bana
Bağlamam duvardan küfretti bana
Türküler hayatı zehretti bana
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Pavyondan gelenler başı tuttular
Halimize bakıp keyif çattılar
Söylemesi zor amma ''bizi sattılar''
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Bıyık uçlarıma posta koydular
Direndim adımı hasta koydular
Düşmana gül verip dosta kıydılar
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Azıcık ses veren sürgün edildi
Gönülde taht kuran sürgün edildi
Dokuz Işık Turan sürgün edildi
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Vallahi billâhi geri giderdin
Hiç şaşırma Ozan Arif dışlandı
Ahmet Yılmaz asi diye fişlendi
Yüreğimiz dost (!) elinden şişlendi
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İhanet edene madalya taktık
Sadâkât edene uzaktan baktık
Sen olsaydın böyle mi olacaktık ?
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Bunca yıldan sonra ortada kaldık
Sen uçmağa vardın bizlerse öldük
Destan destan Beştepe'ye gömüldük
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Bu destan , bu türkü , sazım sanadır
Bir tek seni sevdim nazım sanadır
Duy beni Başbuğum sözüm sanadır
''ÜLKÜME DARILIP KÜSMÜYORUM BEN
KİMSEDEN KORKUM YOK SUSMUYORUM BEN
BU KAHPE DÜZENE KANMAYACAĞIM
ÖLSEMDE YOLUNDAN DÖNMEYECEĞİM...
Letter to the Leader
My leader, this epic is for you again
It's still in the spirit of the cause
Year ninety-seven, April fourth
For the cause, a harsh April from eleven months
You left, and inside us, it's a painful April
If you saw us that day, I don't know what you'd say
I'm sure you'd kiss us on the forehead
We lost you on a sunny day
In the storm, we carried you through the snow
We laid you in our heart's mansion
If you saw us that day, I don't know what you'd say
If you could rise, you'd kiss us on the forehead
The earth and sky cried at your departure
Turan was left orphaned, dressed in black
Chants and laments broke our hearts
If you saw us that day, I don't know what you'd say
You were our leader, you'd kiss us on the forehead
After you left, a council was formed
The arena shook, arrows were drawn
A fight broke out, a decision was made
If you saw what happened, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
Some flew away from the nest
Some migrated from land to land
Others raised the flag in another hand
If you saw what happened, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
Your son Tuğrul formed a party and withdrew
President Azmi followed behind
Aldemir was put on the right path
If you saw what happened, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
We stayed, worked, and won the elections
We gained a shape without garlic or onions
We survived on minimum wage
If you saw the celebrations, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
Ecevit, Bahçeli, and Yılmaz became
They decided to form a government
They wrote and drew, got to work
If you saw what happened, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
There was a magnificent interest and attention
Our door was filled with red plaques
In one day, thousands of sycophants came
If you saw those who came, I don't know what you'd say
You'd probably laugh out loud
The last arrivals settled in the main seat
All the circles became chains and united
Things got complicated, it became hard to explain
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
The Marmara was taken by the earthquake
Corruption finished the country
Anatolia lost its hope
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
Scammers opened shops everywhere
Honest ones were assigned to tough places
We were surrounded, couldn't go anywhere
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
They got caught by the IMF
The stock market doesn't like jokes
Captain Temel seized the boat
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
The economy derailed and is going
Workers and farmers tightened their belts
The poor are fed up and leaving
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
We begged and cried, it didn't help
Our cries didn't reach Ankara
The headscarf issue in schools didn't end
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
You probably wouldn't believe it, you'd turn back
They sentenced a bloody killer to death
They built a holiday village in Imralı
They even shot the martyrs
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
A martyr's child grabbed my collar
He said: "Is this all a joke?"
If you are like this, give my dad back
If you heard this cry, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
We became ashamed to go out on the street
We couldn't look anyone in the face
We couldn't wear the Bozkurt on our lapel
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
The epics I wrote broke my heart
My bağlama cursed me from the wall
The folk songs poisoned my life
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
Those coming from the nightclub held the head
They looked at our state and enjoyed themselves
It's hard to say, but "they sold us out"
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
They put a post on my mustache tips
I resisted, they called me sick
They gave flowers to the enemy and betrayed the friend
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
Those who made a little noise were exiled
Those who ruled the heart were exiled
Nine Lights Turan was exiled
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
Don't be surprised, Ozan Arif was ostracized
Ahmet Yılmaz was flagged as a rebel
Our hearts were pierced by a "friend's" hand
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
We pinned medals on the traitors
We looked from afar at the loyal ones
If you were here, would it be like this?
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
After all these years, we are left empty
You flew away, and we died
We were buried in Beştepe, epic by epic
If you saw our state, I don't know what you'd say
I swear you'd turn back
This epic, this folk song, my saz is for you
I loved only you, my verse is for you
Hear me, my leader, my word is for you
"I'M NOT ANGRY OR HOLDING A GRUDGE AGAINST MY CAUSE
I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYONE, I'M NOT SILENT
I WON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS TREACHEROUS ORDER
EVEN IF I DIE, I WON'T TURN BACK FROM YOUR PATH..."