Mavi Sakal was a
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band, founded by Murat Tümer,
Kaan Altan
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, and Tibet Ağırtan in 1980, who were students at the Tarsus American College in
Tarsus,
Turkey. The band changed their name to Mavi Sakal (literally, ''blue beard'', or
Bluebeard) in 1984, until then going by the name ECHO'83. In 1992, they established their first album "''Çektir Git"'' and then in 1993, they published their second album "''Mavi Sakal 2"'' after short period of time which their album published, their songs ''"Çektir Git" and "Şaşkın"'' made their place in the top lists. Due to this success, their producer published their second album in CD format. This album is also the first Rock album in CD format which is published by a Turkish rock band.
The band received increased public attention following their performance before
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on the stage of
Wembley Arena in
Wembley,
London in 1997.
After eight-year hiatus, they released their new album titled ''Naklen'' in 2015. The last seen-together members are either active in other formations such as bands
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and
Karapaks, or as solo artists.
Albums
*1983 Giderken ''demo-album''
*1992 Çektir Git ''album''
*1993 Mavi Sakal 2 ''album''
*1997 İki Yol ''maxi single''
*1998 Kan Kokusu ''album''
*2006 SON..Kİ..5..10 ''maxi single''
*2007 Yeni...den ''album''
*2015 Naklen ''album''
References
Turkish rock music groups
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