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Shortly after Tarkan released his new song "Geççek" (This shall pass), it has become a trending topic on social media.
While it has been less than 24 hours since it came out, the video clip of the song has been clicked for over 2.5 million times.
While the video has scenes about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, several people have commented that the lyrics of the song have a political side to them. That being the case, several opposition politicians have posted social media messages about the song.
While the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), İYİ Party and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MPs and politicians have expressed their support, some people such as Murat Özer and Erem Şentürk from the pro-government media outlets Diriliş Postası and Not Haber alleged that the song was written and composed "on order" from the opposition.
Hacı Yakışıklı, the Ankara representative of pro-government Akit Newspaper, has argued that the lyrics were "written from Pennsylvania", which refers to where Fethullah Gülen, the head of the Gülen community or the "FETÖ", which is held responsible for the coup attempt in 2016, lives.
As for the ruling alliance, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İzmir MP Alpay Özalan has tweeted, "They have no projects or programs. They are consoled with a singer who has turned into a troll. An opposition with Tarkan its hope cannot even govern a henhouse. They unabashedly aspire to govern the state." Referring to the lyrics of Tarkan's "kiss kiss" song from the 90s, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Metin Özkan has argued that the HDP "prompted" Tarkan with the new song.
Some messages from the opposition are as follows:
Çoğu gitti #AzKaldı. https://t.co/WVLJiucMcx
— Meral Akşener (@meral_aksener) February 17, 2022
İYİ Party Chair Merak Akşener: "We are almost there."
Artık bu devrin sonu geldi. Gidecekler ve dertler bitecek...#GeliyorGelmekteOlan#Tarkan#Geccek pic.twitter.com/Zsos9cF1pC
— Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi (@gamzeilgezdi) February 17, 2022
CHP MP Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi: "This era has now come to an end. They will go and the troubles will end... What is to coming is coming."
Her daim hislerimize tercüman olan @tarkan ’ın söylediği gibi “Geldiği gibi gitçek, her şeyin sonu var, bu çile de bitçek, düş artık yakamızdan"
— Aylin Nazlıaka (@AylinNazliaka) February 17, 2022
Geççek geççek https://t.co/cgVx6DO8Vy
CHP Women's Organization Chair Aylin Nazlıaka: "Just as Tarkan, who has always become an interpreter of our emotions, says, 'It will go just as it came, everything has an end, this ordeal will also come to an end, give us a break aready.' This shall pass, this shall pass."
#geççek https://t.co/FWgnebwTFd
— Engin Özkoç (@enginozkoc) February 17, 2022
CHP MP Engin Özkoç: "This shall pass"
— Faik Öztrak (@faikoztrak) February 17, 2022
Gitçek gitçek geldiği gibi gitçek.
Her şeyin sonu var, bu çilede bitçek… pic.twitter.com/1HJabwZgWL
CHP MP Faik Öztrak: "This shall pass, this shall pass, it will go just as it came, everything has an end and this ordeal will also come to an end."
"Geldiği gibi gitçek,
— Veli Ağbaba (@veliagbaba) February 17, 2022
Her şeyin sonu var,
Bu çile de bitçek"
Tarkan #geççek parçasıyla hislerimize tercüman oldu. Sanatçılar sesini yükseltiyor pic.twitter.com/5tLJdBVPbB
CHP MP Veli Ağbaba: "'It will go just as it came, everything has an end, this ordeal will also come to an end.' With his "This shall pass' piece, Tarkan has become an interpreter of our feelings. Artists are raising their voice."
Düştük evet ama kalkmadık mı?
— Meral Danış Beştaş (@meraldanis) February 17, 2022
Biz hep hayata meydan okumadık mı?
Sen ferah tut içini
Biz neleri atlatmadık ki#geççek https://t.co/Yq9PFPnxgF
HDP MP Meral Danış Beştaş: "We fell but we got up, didn't we? Didn't we always challenge destiny? You rest easy, we got over so many things before. This shall pass."
Umudunu kaybedenlere özellikle gençliğe çok hoş mesajlar var.
— Hüda Kaya (@HudaKaya777) February 17, 2022
Yüreğine sağlık @tarkan
İnanıyoruz elbet bugünler #geccek https://t.co/4ZjM8rIOLj
HDP MP Hüda Kaya: "There are very nice messages to those who have lost hopes, especially to the youth. God bless your heart Tarkan. We believe that these days will definitely pass."
Lyrics of the song
Didn't it always corner us?
Didn't it stab us
In the back before?
How many blows has it been? This is not the first
We fell but we got up, didn't we?
Didn't we always challenge destiny?
You rest easy
We got over so many things before
It will pass, it will pass, surely this will also pass
You will see, your hopes will have the time of their life
Oh oh then we will dance with joy
Those days of flowers are so near, believe me
It will go, it will go, it will leave as it came before
Everything ends, this suffering will also be over
Oh oh then we will dance with joy
Those days of flowers are so near, believe me
Keep hanging on, the worst part is over, not so long now
Don't do it! Don't let fall and winter take over your summer
Soon patience will claim its victory
We fell but we got up, didn't we?
Didn't we always challenge destiny?
You rest easy
We got over so many things before
It will pass, it will pass, surely this will also pass
You will see, your hopes will have the time of their life
Oh oh then we will dance with joy
Those days of flowers are so near, believe me
It will go, it will go, it will leave as it came before
Everything ends, this suffering will also be over
Oh oh then we will dance with joy
Those days of flowers are so near, believe me
That's enough we are so weary of it
You wouldn't stop and give us a break at all
Come on now we are so exhausted
Please we are sick of it, let us go already
We thought there must be good in every bad
We sat down learned our lesson too
But enough is enough, we got it now
Please we are sick of it, let us go already
If you ask me
I am not doing great either
I am not at all upbeat as before
I am not enjoying life much
My body is tight tight tight
Too tight for my soul
I am burning like a flaming coal
I am about to turn into ash
I am flowing in some water
I go sometimes in the opposite direction
My friend is with hope
Destiny and I are not getting along
But I believe everything comes to them who waits
I know tomorrow is another day! (Translation Source)
(TP/SD)
