All-female band shakes on to motivate ladies across Turkey

Performing now for a long time, all-female Turkish band Marla intends to motivate ladies to enter rock in the midst of bias in the male-overwhelmed type.

Turkish band Marla

The gathering's five individuals, all in their twenties, are situated in Turkey's capital Ankara and have met up in spite of foundations in various controls from medication to French writing.

Turkish band Marla Break on Through (The Doors Cover)


Bass guitarist Esra Hasandayıoğlu, Ekin Gülmez and Burcu Özbek on the guitar, drummer Busra Vanliolu and vocalist Tuğçe Kaymaz have played numerous gigs more than three years across Turkey.

Toward the start of the band, Hasandayıoğlu said they needed to make another female character, both autonomous of Marla's individuals and bearing some normal attributes with them.

They were propelled by the famous character of Marla Singer from the film Fight Club in naming the band, she said.


"Regardless of whether we vary here and there in our origination of music, music is a force that interfaces us," included Hasandayıoğlu.

Featuring the weaknesses of being a lady in the stone world ruled by male soloists, she said female rockers some of the time confronted predisposition by both by scenes, crowds and their male partners.

Then again, Hasandayıoğlu said the gathering was likewise frequently treated "significantly more considerately" on the grounds that they are ladies.

"Additionally, watching five ladies in front of an audience can empower our female crowd. This persuades us without question," she underlined.

Ideally, we can be a wellspring of motivation for somebody, she included.

Burrows uncover wealth of Istanbul's 'Land of the Blind'

Archeological unearthings around a train station in Istanbul have uncovered an abundance of verifiable remains, including tombs, relics, and a shower, all implying of the rich past of the old city of Khalkedon (Kadıköy), likewise called "the Land of the Blind."

city of Khalkedon

Around the recorded Haydarpaşa Train Station, situated on the Asian side of Istanbul, unearthings for metro development uncovered chronicled remains. The burrows, began in 2018 by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry and Istanbul Archeological Museums, have been finished with the most extreme consideration throughout the previous two years.

Burrows uncovering recorded structures from the Ottoman, Byzantine, Hellenistic, and Classical periods shed light on the profound foundations of Turkey, a support of civic establishments.

Remains were found by a group of 430 individuals, including archeologists and gallery specialists, in a territory of 350,000 square meters including the zone encompassing metro stations and Ibrahimaga, close Haydarpaşa. These remaining parts give critical indications about Khalkedon, the old Land of the Blind from somewhere in the range of 2,500 years back.

The region apparently got its name around 667 B.C. when Byzas from Megara built up a province on the European landmass of the Golden Horn, inverse Khalkedon on the Asian side. The individuals of Khalkedon more likely than not been visually impaired not to have chosen the ideal detect, the promontory directly over the water, he contemplated. (The Byzantine Empire, which managed Istanbul until 1453, when it was vanquished by Ottoman powers, was named after Byzas.)

Royal residence and mansion


The products of these burrows incorporate structural remains, tombs, relics, a shower and around 10,000 gold coins having a place with Khalkedon.

The unearthings uncovered the remaining parts of a potential fifth-century royal residence and a T-molded structure thought to be a château.

A fifth-century church worked for the sake of Saint Bassa was additionally found. Work with minor brushes and exactness apparatuses uncovered the skeletons of 28 individuals from that period.

Remains being reestablished


Stays from various regions are ordered by specialists as indicated by the area and profundity where they were found.

The remaining parts are cleaned with little brushes and isolated and at times consolidated, if conceivable.

After restoration, the remains are recorded, photographed, and then sent to the Istanbul Archeological Museum to eventually be exhibited.

‘Key excavation of Istanbul history’


Coskun Yılmaz, Istanbul's top culture and tourism official, told Anadolu Agency that some of the remains unearthed during subway construction date back to the year 5 B.C.