![Turkey - 'Karayağızım'['My Black Devil'] - Arabesk Song - Ebru Gündeş - 2000](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mFR2pSoigS4/0.jpg "Turkey - 'Karayağızım'['My Black Devil'] - Arabesk Song - Ebru Gündeş - 2000")
EBRU GÜNDEŞ - 'THE LAST GREAT MIDDLE EASTERN SINGER' is probably a fair way to place the voice of EBRU GÜNDEŞ in The Modern History of The Middle East. 'MY BLACK DEVIL' [lyrics in English] Where did my mind blow - when listening to this song? While I was saying I had forgotten - I was missing you as much as this? I was modelling the pain on me like flames. Again, our seperation came to my mind, to my heart - it dropped. My Black Devil, this fate etched in my forehead. The pain does not stop, I am lonely without you, lonely. The troubles are impossible - love is wrong for me. You are no longer you, nor are you here anymore. I will never recover. Like Arab neighbour countries, Turkey's Youth are smashing the traditions, tending not to learn traditional instruments, but worship the guitar or keyboard. They often do not continue learning local styles of song that was common in the region even 10 years ago at the time of this song: 'Karayağızım'. Even a decade ago, this wa! s sadly highlighted on Turkish Television in an appeal to Turkish Youth by famous Folk Singer BELKIS AKKALE who said, "Where are the young people to follow me? I am an old woman now. I cannot go on singing forever. Young Turks, throw away your guitars and keyboards and learn our Turkish Traditional Instruments and Singing. Only we Turks can make this Turkish Music. If you do not continue this music it will be lost forever..." For the Middle Eastern Youth everything seems to have to be 'Americana' and nothing
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