# Öl Deseydin Ölmez miydim?

Öl Deseydin Ölmez Miydim? is the thirteenth album of Turkish folk music singer Güler Duman, released on October 22, 1997. The album was released by Duygu Music. Considered as one of the classic folk music albums of the 1990s, the album also became one of the best-selling Turkish folk music albums in Turkey, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The recording of the album started in December 1996. The recordings lasted about six months and continued until June 1997. In the album, he sang the works of artists such as Neşet Ertaş, Hasan Karakuş, Rıza Ergin, Erkan Yoksuli, Rıza Ergin, Gülizar Ergin and Ahmet Çelik and composed the music for three tracks. The album managed to enter the charts the week it was released, but no music video was shot for the songs in the album. It is one of the best-selling albums of Güler Duman and Turkish folk music.
The album Öl Deseydin Ölmez miydim?, which greatly influenced Güler Duman's career, had a great impact on Turkish music. Her songs "Açma Zülüflerin", "Öl Deseydin Ölmez miydim?", "Tutam Yar Elinden", "Başımda Bir Sevda Döner" and "Var Gibi" were so popular that they became synonymous with Güler Duman. She sang a long air called “Oğul-Oğul” on the album. It was Güler Duman's last album released in the 1990s.

## Background

Güler Duman's albums Güler Duman '94 (1994) and Bu Devran (1995), released in the mid-90s, received significant critical acclaim. In addition, these two albums sold more than 300 thousand copies and became the best-selling folk music albums of the year. The video clips she released from the albums such as "Türkülerlele Gömün Beni", "Güle Yel Değdi" and "Bu Devran" received great attention in the mainstream media and positively affected the sales of the albums. In 1995, with her album Bu Devran, she won the Best Female Artist in Turkish Folk Music award at the 2nd Kral Turkey Music Awards and became one of the most successful artists of the year. After releasing albums for two years in a row, in 1996 he was a guest on many radio and television programs and gave concerts. In addition, in October 1995, he opened a music course in Hannover, Germany, where he taught many students. In the first months of 1997, he began preparations for the album. In December 1996, he entered the studio to record his thirteenth studio album. The recordings continued until June 1997 and lasted six months. On January 7, 1997, he performed the two songs "Açma Zülüflerin" and "Özümü Bağladım" written by Rıza Ergin, whose lyrics and music belong to Neşet Ertaş, for the first time on the İbo Show program presented by İbrahim Tatlıses.
Released on October 22, 1997, Güler Duman recorded eleven tracks for the album. She worked with various artists on the album. Some of the songs on the album are still popular today. In the album, where she included the works of various artists, she composed the tracks "Özümü Bağladım", "Dağlara Gidem" and "Var Gibi". He did not release a video clip for any of the tracks from the album. The title track of the album, "Öl Deseydin Ölmez Ölmez midim?", whose lyrics and music belong to Erkan Yoksuli, made a good debut. The album managed to enter the charts in folk music in the week of its release and rose to the top three in the charts in the following period. In 2012, he reinterpreted the songs "Açma Zülüflerin", "Başımda Bir Sevda Döner" and "Öl Deseydin Ölmez Miydim?" in the album Yüreğimden Yüreğinize, which he released for the 30th anniversary of his career, and sang duets with Zerrin Özer, Kubat and Mustafa Özarslan.

## Recording and publishing

Güler Duman released her thirteenth album on Duygu Music label, with whom she has been working since 1987. She started recording the album in December 1996, working with a large team. The album took about six months and was recorded by Erkan Akpınar. The recordings took place at Studio DM. 11 tracks were recorded and many artists' works were included in the album. Sinan Çelik was the producer and music director of the album. He also played the kaval. The album was supervised by Gökhan Çelik and mixed by Fazıl Atuk. Çetin Akdeniz, with whom he had worked with on previous albums, played the baglama and cava. Musa Eroğlu played the bağlama on the track "Başımda Bir Sevda Döner", the tenth track on the album.
As in the previous album, Çetin Akdeniz took part on baglama and cava. Erdal Akkaya performed the chelpe parts of the baglama. Osman Aktaş played the kaval in the moving track "Erzurum Dağları", which ranked tenth in the album. Adil Çelebi and Eyüp Hamiş played the zurna and Ertan Tekin played the meyde. Cemal Kaplan played the bendir in the album and Pınar Beyhan and Adem Aslandoğan sang backing vocals. Just like "Türkülerlele Gömün Beni" and "Güle Yel Değdi" from Güler Duman '94, the title track "Bu Devran" was released from this album and had a great impact on the sales of the album. In the video clip of the track, she frequently appeared on television programs with the album. She sang the songs from the album at concerts and festivals and received positive reactions.

## Personel

* Güler Duman: Vocal,
* Duygu Müzik: Production
* Sinan Çelik: Producer, music director, kaval
* Gökhan Çelik: Supervisor
* Fazıl Atuk: Mix
* Erkan Akpınar: Re
* Erden Ersan: Bağlama, cura
* Musa Eroğlu: Bağlama ("Başımda Bir Sevda Döner")
* Ertan Tekin: Mey, Zurna
* Cemal Kaplan: Rhythm percussion
* Ahmet Özgül: Guitar
* Cüneyt Sözmen: Bas guitar
* Writers: Neşet Ertaş ("Açma Zülüflerin"), Erkan Yoksuli ("Öl Deseydin Ölmez miydim?"), Hasan Karakuş ("Zamanıyım Ben"), Anonim ("Unutma Bizi (Alev Alev)", "Tutam Yar Elinden", "Oğul-Oğul"), Rıza Ergin ("Özümü Bağladım"), Gülizar Ergin ("Dağlara Gidem", "Var Gibi"), Yüksel Yıldız ("Guley"), Ahmet Çelik ("Başımda Bir Sevda Döner")
* Composers: Neşet Ertaş ("Açma Zülüflerin"), Erkan Yoksuli ("Öl Deseydin Ölmez miydim?"), Hasan Karakuş ("Zamanıyım Ben"), Anonim ("Unutma Bizi (Alev Alev)", "Tutam Yar Elinden", "Oğul-Oğul"), Güler Duman ("Özümü Bağladım", "Dağlara Gidem", "Var Gibi"), Yüksel Yıldız ("Guley"), Musa Eroğlu ("Başımda Bir Sevda Döner")
* İlkay Akkuyu: Photo