Altın Gün is a Dutch-Turkish psychedelic rock band based in Amsterdam that reinterprets Turkish folk music with a 1970s Anatolian rock, funk, and synth-pop sound. Founded by bassist Jasper Verhulst in 2016, the band features Turkish vocalists Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit Yildiz, alongside Dutch members. They are renowned for their modern take on Turkish classics.
The name Altin has its origins in the Turkish language and is derived from the word altn, which translates to gold. As one of the world's most precious and coveted metals, gold has held deep cultural significance throughout history, making Altin a name that carries a sense of value and distinction.
Altın Gün (meaning Golden Day in Turkish also a pun to Altın Günü (Gold day) a traditional social gathering day) is a Dutch-Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from Amsterdam. It was founded by bassist Jasper Verhulst in 2016 when he posted an ad on Facebook looking for Turkish musicians.
I don't have much to say about it other than that it's the first time an album with all Turkish lyrics has been nominated for a Grammy. It definitely wasn't the first thing that'd pop into my mind when we started Altın Gün.
From Wikipedia we learn that: “Altın Gün (meaning Golden Day in Turkish) is a Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock, band from Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden" in Mongolian and "red dawn" in Turkic. The related word "Altın" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name.
The name Ozgur, originating from Turkish roots, carries a symbolic meaning of freedom. The etymology of the name can be traced back to the Turkish word zgr which directly translates to free.
Turkish has exerted much influence on the Albanian language, especially in the vocabulary, leaving intact the phonetic system and the structure of Albanian, except of the penetration of some Turkish suffixes. Even so, Albanian language has succeeded to maintain its authenticity.
Turkey has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. The Turkish participating broadcaster in the contest is Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT). Turkey won the contest once in 2003, and hosted the 2004 contest in Istanbul.
Though these two groups are of ethnic Greek descent, they speak Turkish as a mother language and are very cautious to identify themselves as Greeks, due to the hostility of the Turkish state and neighbours towards anything Greek.
Belly dance is a Western term for a traditional Arab dance form. Some American devotees refer to it simply as "Middle Eastern Dance." In the Arabic language it is known as raqs sharqi (literally "oriental dance") or sometimes raqs baladi (literally "dance of country", and so "national" or "folk" dance).
In Greek, it is galopoúla (γαλοπούλα), which means “French chicken”. In Russian, it is called indeyka (индейка), relating to the Native American Indian (индеец). In Indonesian, it is called kalkun and derived from Dutch word kalkoen. And in Turkish, it is called hindi which means “from & related to India,"
Many modern given names (such as Deniz, "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") are given to newborns of either sex. Among the common examples of the many unisex names in Turkey include Aytaç, Deniz, Derya, Evren, Evrim, Özgür, and Yücel.
Until the introduction of the Surname Law in 1934, most Turks had no surnames. Before that, male Turks often used their father's name followed by -oğlu ("son of"), or a nickname of the family, before their given name (e.g. Mustafa-oğlu Mehmet, Köselerin Hasan).
The name Defne originates from Turkish culture and holds significant historical and mythological roots. Primarily, it is derived from the ancient Greek word "daphne" (δάφνη), which refers to the laurel tree or bay leaf plant.
