Casual in Istanbul

Ajda!

Ajda Pekkan (born February 12 1946 ,Istanbul)the diva of Turkey. Through an illustrious career spanning five decades thusfar, Ajda has released over 20 albums, represented Turkey at the Eurovision song contest and had a profound impact on popular culture. She is nicknamed "Superstar".
Our dads were her huge fans in their early 20s , we were huge fans in our early 20s...well both dads and us are still huge fans of her. Actually 80 percent of Turkish population are huge fans. She is the diva , she has the looks , the voice and style.She has been singing professionally since 1962 and she still tours around Turkey and Europe with many sold-out concerts. Her discography features many number one songs in 8 languages, and her albums and singles sell more than 10 million copied in 14 countries.

She is stylish , classy and chic. She never afraid to tell people about her plastic surgeries , her relationships. Her looks is not only the result of her countless plastic surgeries.There are lots of women around over 60 with tons of makeovers but none of them looks like her. She is young at heart and mind. We all grew up with her songs and still enjoying all of her songs.Oh and one more thing...if you know a Turkish guy who is extremely obsessed with her : he is probably gay!
Here is Ajda through the decades...(btw she is 60 now and the pics above are her recent pics)

Kylie duets with Bono!

Kylie had a big surprise in store for fans at the second night of her Homecoming Tour when U2 frontman Bono joined the Showgirl on stage for a rousing rendition of her 2000 duet with Robbie Williams, 'Kids'! With a revised setlist, brand new costumes and more feathers and glitter than ever before, Kylie's Homecoming Tour has delighted fans and the world's media alike. And with 18 Australian dates to go before the show hits UK shores in January, who knows what other surprises Kylie will have in store for all of us!

Via So Slowly

It's a black&white video that contains moving and still images...and it's possible to say that you will see everybody you can imagine in it...just imagine ; Bono , Justin Timberlake , Johnny Depp , Kate Moss , Iggy Pop , Chris Martin , Amy Lee , Dixie Chicks , Anthony Kiedis , Keith Richards , Patty Smith , Jay-Z , Sharon Stone and many more celebrities in the same video!

MTV Türkiye!

On Oct. 23rd , we said goodbye to an old friend MTV Europe and embraced a newborn:MTV Türkiye...a hybrid : perfect combination of MTV Europe , MTV UK&Ireland , MTV US.Also there will be cool Turkish shows on it...Check out some hilarious commercials for MTV Türkiye...

Our dear friend Michael of Popbytes , made an interview with stunning Jake Shears...Rather than trying to write the quotes into some smart ass article , I thought it best to toss out some subjects and let you know what Jake had to say - He did provide me with some great quotes on a variety of topics...He was beyond sweet & so sincere on the phone and made me totally feel relaxed - by the end it felt just like a conversation between friends - all my nerves had been washed away. Many special thanks to Mr. Shears for taking time out of his very busy rockstar schedule to talk to popbytes - it really made my day and I knew it would be a fun post for all of you. So let's get to it...

A Brand New Turkish Snack...Murat Boz

Every week we are gonna try to inform you about Turkish Pop Culture includes design , music , fashion , photography etc. with the collaboration of our blogmate So Slowly. So Slowly is the perfect example of a blog that reflects the popular culture from our home country and abroad.
Let us introduce you Murat Boz...a pop singer whose debut single "Aski Bulamam Ben" has just arrived.He is 26 , working in music industry for a long time as a back singer of most of the Turkish Pop Stars...He's the back singer of Tarkan for five years!He has a very nice voice , he can dance well and he is extremely hot! We first saw his music video on TV couple of weeks ago ; we had no idea who he was and the concept of the video was a Peep-show ; he was singing his song in the middle of a room that surrounded with windows , there were hot girls behind the windows and he was singing while undressing!!Actually the end of the video was a bit disappointment , he didn't undress enough!That's why we are waiting for his second video impatiently just like trying to sleep again when a horny dream interrupted...For more pictures of him check So Slowly.

Gael...

After 3 years we've lost all hope about seeing a new hottie on French Nouvelle Star. We had a crush on Charles Cattaert in 2003 Nouvelle Star. Nothing for two whole years. Then one day we saw a post about Nouvelle Star 2006 auditions and Gael on Oh La La Paris.We asked our friends Steph & Alek if he still has a chance to participate , then he did it and voted out on the first night! Such a shame :( Next day they called him back because of a tele-voting system error and he'll be back on the show next week :)He's 18 and he's the second hot Gael we know after Gael Garcia...hopefully he'll be on the show for a long time and we'll be able to see his performances!
Via Oh La La Paris

12 Points to Dima!

24 years old Dima Bilan will represent Russia at the next Eurovision Song contest in Athens.Actually we saw him for the first time and never heard any songs of him.But does that matter?! We saw him and as far as we can see , that's enough:P He's gonna sing the song called "Never Let You Go". That's right baby , if we have you once , we'll never let you go....

Well both of the costumes are OK for the stage , tell us in which one do you guys prefer to see him on stage in Athens??!

Keremcem in B&W

Keremcem is 28 ; a singer and an actor from sunny Southern Turkey. He has a real nice voice and a cute face and a great body. He has the leading role in a TV serie called "Ask Oyunu/Love Game" and without a doubt he has lots of teen girl fans(also teen boys and not teen anymore boys too :)

Là où est il??

While having dinner and watching MCM , we suddenly noticed that haven't heard of Charles for a long time...Charles Cattaert was 16 when he participated "Nouvelle Star" in 2003. He was young and sweet with a nice body cause he was also a gymnast.We first saw him on MCM in video of "Au bout de mes rêves" with other participants and bookmarked him!He is 18 now and we haven't heard of him lately...Hope to hear his album and watch his hot videos on MCM again:P