İbrahim Tatlıses (born: İbrahim Tatlı, and affectionately known as "Ibo") is one of Turkey's biggest stars. In addition to hosting his own television program, The Ibo Show, on different private TV stations and appearing in several dozen films, Tatlises has been one of Turkey's most prolific recording artists. His twenty-three cassettes include Ayaginda Kundura, which broke all sales records in Turkey in 1978, and Selam Olsun, which focused on traditional folk music played on indigenous instruments. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...

Born in 1954 in Urfa to a homeless Kurdish family, Tatlises was raised by his mother, following his father's death in 1956. Music provided an outlet for emotional stress. Inspired by Turkish vocalist Yilmaz Guney, he began singing at weddings and other celebrations while still in his teens. Although he released a cassette in 1975, it failed to sell, and Tatlises temporarily left music. Moving to Istanbul with his family in 1977, Tatlises worked as a salesman until recording his second cassette, Ayaginda Kundura. The cassette's success proved to be the launching pad for Tatlises' still-thriving career. A major star during the mid- to late-1980s, he recorded numerous folk dance hits with the accompaniment of an orchestra, and was recognized as a master of the rural "uzun hava" style (marked by lengthy, semi-improvised tunes). Tatlises has been embraced by the Turkish communities in Germany who call him "the voice of the homeland". 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... Yilmaz Güney Yilmaz Güney (April 1, 1937-September 9, 1984) is a Turkish film director, writer and scenarist. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This article is about the city. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...