Mustafa Sandal is a Turkish singer-songwriter. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. In 1994, with the release of his first studio album Suç Bende and its subsequent success, he made a name for himself in Turkey. This was followed by the release of another album titled Gölgede Aynı in 1996. In 1998, the song "Aya Benzer" from his new album Detay became a number-one hit in Turkey. After signing a contract with Sony Music, he released the album Araba. The song "Araba" from the album became a massive hit. Throughout his career he continued to release many albums, including Akışına Bırak (2000), Kop (2002). Later, under the label Universal Music-Polydor, he released the album Seven (2003), followed by İste (2004), Devamı Var (2007), and Karizma (2009). In 2011, his single with Gülben Ergen, "Şıkır Şıkır", became the most downloaded song of the year. In 2012, Sandal released his 10th studio album Organik. In 2013, his new single "Tesir Altında" became one of the best-selling singles of 2013. Sandal has won many awards throughout his career. For his album Kop, he was voted the "Best Male Artist" in 2002.
Arabesque is a style of Turkish music popular in Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. The genre was particularly popular in Turkey from the 1960s through the 2000s. Its aesthetics have evolved over the decades and into the 2010s. Its melodies are influenced especially by Arab music, Balkan music, Iranian music, and Caucasian music; it often includes the bağlama and Ottoman forms of oriental and middle eastern music. Arabesque music is mostly in a minor key, typically in varieties of the Phrygian mode; it heavily features themes that tend to focus on issues of longing, strife, and desire.
Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.
Tytroca metaxantha is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Bastilla joviana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Stoll in 1782. It is found from the Oriental region to the Moluccas and in New Guinea and Australia. It is also present in South Africa.
Bastilla crameri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found from the Indian subregion to Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Japan, Sumatra and Borneo. It is also present in South Africa.
Micragrotis interstriata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in Africa, including Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Heliothis galatheae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1856. It is found all over Africa, including South Africa to Ethiopia and the Gambia.
Heliothis sublimis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Emilio Berio in 1962. It is found in Africa, including South Africa.
Heliocheilus multiradiata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. It is found in Africa, including South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Musa Eroğlu is a Turkish folk musician and bağlama virtuoso.
Eupithecia denotata is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species can be found across the Palearctic from western Europe to Central Asia and China.
Tebenna bjerkandrella is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found from Europe, Morocco, Madeira and the Canary Islands through central Asia to Japan. It has also been recorded from South Africa.
Hypena iconicalis is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
Chiasmia normata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found throughout of subtropical Africa and Asia, from India, Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka. to the Philippines and in Australia.
The traditional Sohbet meetings is a Turkish social practice of community conversations. The communities consist exclusively of men above a certain age, regardless of ethnicity, religion or status. The members must have honest families, trustworthy to keep secrets, respectful of their elders, and not gamble or display public drunkenness. In addition to conversations, the meetings may also include dancing, music, plays, and feasts of traditional dishes.
Oraesia provocans, the provocative calpe, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout continental Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
Condate angulina is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Asia, with records from India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Taiwan, Borneo, and Thailand. It is a small moth, though larger than its congeners.
Callyna monoleuca is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
Araeopteron rufescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka.
