04.01.2025 11:00
The master of arabesque music, Ferdi Tayfur, whose death has saddened the art community and his fans, had two greatest longings revealed by Ahmet Selçuk İlkan.
Ferdi Tayfur, the master of arabesque music, who was being treated in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Antalya, passed away on Thursday evening, January 2. The death of the 79-year-old artist plunged his fans into mourning. Many famous personalities shared their feelings following Tayfur's passing.
"THERE IS 1 DEAD BUT 86 MILLION INJURED"
Ahmet Selçuk İlkan, a close friend of Ferdi Tayfur and a poet and songwriter, made a statement to TGRT News following the famous singer's death. İlkan expressed Tayfur's two greatest longings, saying:
"We are heavily wounded, there is 1 dead. But there are 86 million injured. That's how I see it. We are all wounded right now. Ferdi Tayfur had two longings. He would say, 'I always lived two things missing in life.' When I asked what, he would say, 'I could never say father even once in my life. I could never say teacher.'
Because he lost his father at the age of 2 in a tragic event. The second was that Ferdi Tayfur had never been to school. And whenever he saw a school or a teacher, his heart would bleed. Now we can only alleviate our longing for him through his songs."