Songs of Freedom from Turkey: Behind the Iron Bars

In 1981, the Turkish military junta declared composer Sanar Yurdatapan and singer/actress Melike Demirag to be traitors and stripped them of their citizenship. Exiled from their native country, the couple performed concerts featuring protest songs against the junta throughout Europe and in the United States. This 1982 release, recorded in Koln, Germany, is a collection of many of those songs. The liner notes provide context about the political situation in Turkey in 1981 and song lyrics in English.

Track Listing

101	Elleriniz (Your Hands) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	03:51
102	Kadinlarimiz (Our Women) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	03:35
103	Bu Memleket Bizim (This Land is Ours) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	03:50
104	Pervane Ile Isik (The Moth and the Light) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	04:47
105	Saz (The Saz) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	03:02
201	Hasret (Longing) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	03:08
202	Kurban (Beloved) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	04:25
203	Ninni (Lullaby) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	04:03
204	Savas Türküsü (War Song) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	02:47
205	Elele (Our First and Last Word Hand in Hand) Melike Demirag, Sanar Yurdatapan	05:27