Complex sentence: His father's parents boasted a decorated military past as war heroes that fought in the Ottoman armies in the Russo-Turkish Wars, Tarkan chose to cover a song in 2003 by Turkish minstrel Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu as a nod to his roots.
Split into simpler sentences: His father's parents have a decorated military past as war heroes who fought in the Ottoman armies in the Russo-Turkish Wars. In 2003, Tarkan covered a song by Turkish minstrel Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu as a nod to his roots.