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Muhtar Cem Karaca was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He is a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands such as Apaslar, Kardaslar, Mogollar and Dervisan. With these bands, he brought a new understanding and interpretation to Turkish Rock.
He was the only child of Mehmet Ibrahim Karaca, a theatre actor of Azerbaijani origin, and Irma Felekyan (Toto Karaca), a popular opera, theatre and movie actress of Armenian origin. His first group was called Dynamites and was a classic rock cover band. Later he joined Jaguars, an Elvis Presley cover band. In 1967, he started to write his own music, joining the band Apaslar (The Rowdies), his first Turkish-language group. The same year, he participated in the Golden Microphone (Turkish: Altin Mikrofon) contest, a popular music contest in which he won second place with his song Emrah. In 1969, Karaca and bass-player Serhan Karabay left Apaslar and started an original Anatolian group called Kardaslar (The Brothers).
In 1972, Karaca joined the group Mogollar (The Mongols) and wrote one of his best-known songs, "Namus Belasi". However, Cahit Berkay, the leader of Mogollar, wanted an international reputation for his band, and he left for France to take the group to the next level. Karaca, who wanted to continue his Anatolian beat sound, left Mogollar and started his own band Dervisan (Dervishes) in 1974. Karaca and Dervisan sang poetic and progressive songs.
In the 1970s, Turkey was dealing with political violence between supporters of the left and the right, separatist movements and the rise of Islamism. As the country fell into chaos, the government suspected Cem Karaca of involvement in rebel organisations. He was accused of treason for being a separatist thinker and a Marxist-Leninist. The Turkish government tried to portray Karaca as a man who was unknowingly writing songs to start a revolution. One politician was quoted as saying, "Karaca is simply calling citizens to a bloody war against the state." Dervisan was ultimately dissolved at the end of 1977. In 1978, he founded Edirdahan, an acronym for "from Edirne to Ardahan"; the westernmost and the easternmost provinces of Turkey. He recorded one LP with Edirdahan.
In early 1979, he left for West Germany for business reasons, where he started singing in German language, too, namely since autumn 1980 first a lyric of Nazim Hikmet - Kiz Çocugu (in English: Little girl): Cem performed the German verses alternating with his friend, manager, arranger and bandleader/musician Ralf Mähnhöfer attending Cem on grand piano solo or by the band Anatology singing the song in Turkish-language.
Turkey continued to spin out of control with military curfews and the 1980 Turkish coup d'état on September 12, 1980. General Kenan Evren took over the government and temporarily banned all the nation's political parties. After the coup, many intellectuals, including writers, artists and journalists, were arrested. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Karaca by the government of Turkey.
The state invited Karaca back several times, but Karaca, not knowing what would happen upon his return, decided not to come back.
While Karaca was in Germany his father died, but he could not return to attend the funeral. After some time, the Turkish government decided to strip Cem Karaca of his Turkish citizenship, keeping the arrest warrant active.
Several years later, in 1987, the prime minister and leader of the Turkish Motherland Party, Turgut Özal, issued an amnesty for Karaca. Shortly afterwards, he returned to Turkey. His return also brought a new album with it, Merhaba Gençler ve Her zaman Genç Kalanlar ("Hello, The Young and The Young at Heart"), one of his most influential works. His return home was received cheerfully by his fans, but during his absence Karaca had lost the young audience and acquired only few new listeners. He died on February 8, 2004 and was interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul.- Actor
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Erik Lassen was born on 4 July 1924 in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway. He was an actor and director, known for Vildanden (1963), Vestavind (1994) and Kontorsjef Tangen (1966). He died on 8 February 2004 in Oslo, Norway.- Walter Freud was born on 3 April 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He died on 8 February 2004 in Oxted, Surrey, England, UK.
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France Delahalle was born on 20 August 1922 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Playtime (1967), Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She died on 8 February 2004 in Paris, France.- Additional Crew
Mr. Schwartz is a pioneer in both the science fiction and comic book fields. He is credited with publishing the very first SF fanzine, "The Time Machine", in 1930. In 1934, he started the Solar Sales Service, a literary agency that represented such classic SF writers as 'Alfred Bester', Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch. In 1939, he, along with fellow fans Samuel Moskowitz and other, organized the very first World Science Fiction Convention in NYC; the convention is still held annually to this day.
In 1944, Schwartz became an editor at All-American Comics (later merged with DC). He was unfamiliar with the media (he read his first comic book just before his job interview), and spent several years working on various genre titles.
In 1956, with interest in superhero comics at an all time low, Schwartz was given the opportunity to update a character from the 1940s, "The Flash". Instead of reusing the same character, Schwartz and his team rebuilt the character from the ground up. The new "Flash" was a hit, and Schwartz began using the same technique to revive such Golden Age characters as "Green Lantern", "Hawkman", and so on. Because of this, Schwartz has been given much of the credit for starting the Silver Age of comics. Schwartz continues his work with DC Comics to this day. He greatly scaled back his work as editor, but still found time to work with writers new and old (including longtime client and friend Ray Bradbury). He passed away on the 8th February 2004, in Winthrop Hospital, New York, due to complications from pneumonia. He was 88. He is survived by his son-in-law, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. The Science Fiction and Comic book world mourned his passing.- Writer
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Jules Schwerin was born on 4 February 1919. He was a writer and producer, known for Indian Summer (1960), The Iron Mask (1929) and Twist of Fate (1989). He died on 8 February 2004.- Annabel Farjeon was born on 19 March 1919 in Bradfield, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Checkmate (1939), Carnaval (1937) and The Rake's Progress (1939). She died on 8 February 2004 in Haringey, London, England, UK.