''Yerli Plaka'' is the third studio album by Turkish rapper Bilgin Özçalkan, under his pseudonym

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. It was released on 29 August 2006, by

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. The album includes 17 tracks. Tracks from the album were included in Turkish crime drama TV series ''

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'' and heist comedy film '' The Masked Gang: Iraq''. Ceza initially announced the album with the 5 track long '' Feyz Al'' EP in 2005 and the album was released one year later. Album's lead single "Yerli Plaka" featured a music video directed by Thomas Garber. The song became the sixth in

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in the week it was released. Second single from the album, "Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi" is a collaboration with Turkish pop singer

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. "Önce Kendine Bak" is a song dedicated to the ethnic minorities of Turkey. "Fark Var" became the main theme song of ''Adanalı.'' Its cover was used as a theme song by the

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and a website titled "farkvar.org" was created for

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. However, Ceza didn't approve the use of his song and sued Felicity Party for 30.000 Turkish liras.

Track listing

# "Kemerini Bağla" - 03:32 # "Yerli Plaka" - 04:15 # "Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi" (feat.

) - 04:56 # "Şaşkın Oğlan" (feat. Ayben) - 04:02 # "Sen Oyna Dilber (Remix)" - 03:10 # "Dark Places" (feat.

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) - 04:55 # "Orient Jazz" (feat.

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& Sahtiyan) - 04:49 # "Efkar Perdesi" - 04:15 # "Hadi Bize Bağlan" (feat.

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) - 04:45 # "Fark Var" - 04:15 # "Gece Gündüz Karışmaz" - 04:58 # "Pusulam Yok" (feat. Alaturka Mavzer, Mihenk Taşı & Emre) - 05:35 # "Önce Kendine Bak" - 04:52 # "Gene Elde Mendil" (feat. Sahtiyan & Yener) # "Acı Biber" - 03:50 # "Hiza ve Nizam Yok" - 04:31 # "Ne Benim" - 03:39

References

{{Ceza Hip hop albums by Turkish artists 2006 albums