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Mor ve Ötesi

The group Mor ve Ötesi were internally chosen by Turkish broadcaster TRT, and will represent Turkey at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Deli.

Mor Ve Ötesi was established in January of 1995 by Kerem  Kabadayı (drums), Harun Tekin (vocals/guitar), Derin Esmer (vocals/guitar) and  Alper Tekin (bass), four close high school friends in Istanbul, Turkey. 

In 1997, the first line-up change took place with Burak Güven replacing Alper  Tekin on bass. In 1998, Derin Esmer left the band and was replaced by Kerem  Özyeğen on guitar. 

Mor Ve Ötesi have recorded five albums during the period  1996-2006, all of which have enjoyed much success and various awards.On the stage, the  group continued to headline major festivals and shows in Turkey. To name one, it  opened up the international Radarlive 2007 festival which was host to 29 foreign  acts and headlined by Marilyn Manson, James and Groove Armada. Mor Ve Ötesi also did a special acoustic performance for MTV Turkey at  the niche Istanbul club Ghetto, which was aired as a special broadcast by the  network. Four songs from this concert were released alongside other Rakun  recording artists on a special label promo CD which was included in the february  issue of Rolling Stone magazine. 

On the international arena, the band had played 15 sell out shows in Germany  between 2004 and 2007 in cities such as Berlin, Bochum, Köln, Stuttgart,  Frankfurt, and one in the Netherlands.

The end of 2007 came with the band’s nomination on two major issues, first as  Best Band of the Year award by Powerturk, the country’s foremost music  television network.Secondly as Turkey’s candidates for the Eurovision Song  Contest that will take place in Belgrade, an event highly regarded and deemed  very important amongst the Turkish population. 

The band recorded some new songs early in the new year, which will be  released later in the year. One of these songs, the energy-laden Deli, became  the Eurovision Song Contest song and was launched to popular public praise. The  band worked on the video clip of the song with the acclaimed director Ezel Akay.  Band photos were taken by Okan Bayülgen, Ümit Ünal designed the costumes, and  Beyhan Murphy took care of general choreography, an all-star cast lending their  talent on the band's Eurovision Song Contest journey.

Mor Ve Ötesi sees 2008 as a year of action and opportunities, to take their  already brilliant career further to reach new territories and wider audiences. 

Live performance

Lyrics of Deli

Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun
Tam yerine mi düştüm
Direniyor faili tutkunun
Kızmış ve küçülmüş
Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun
Tam yerine mi düştüm
Direniyor
Direniyor
Direniyor..

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Bir yarım akıllı bir yarım deli
Dört yanım akıllı bir yanım deli
Herkes akıllı bir ben deli
Bir ben deli..

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