05.05.2025 12:50
The silent war between the Karaböcek siblings, who are referred to as some of the strongest voices of a bygone era, is back in the spotlight years later. The notebook opened by Neşe Karaböcek's book was set to be further revealed by the statements of her sister Gülden Karaböcek's daughter, Nur Düzgit. However, Gülden Karaböcek prevented her daughter Düzgit from going public by saying, "If you speak, I will erase you too."
Once upon a time, there were two sisters… Two women who grew up in the same house, found themselves with the same songs, and appeared on stage with the same last name: Neşe and Gülden Karaböcek. They were two names that seemed different on stage but were like flesh and blood in the family during the golden age of the music world. But life sometimes writes the most painful betrayals from the closest ones.
LOVE THAT SHATTERED THE FAMILY Neşe Karaböcek was married to Atilla Alpsakarya, one of the prominent producers of the time. That marriage was a union that the music industry looked at with envy. Until the shocking truth faced at the last turn of the marriage. Neşe Karaböcek learned that she had been cheated on. But it was not just a matter of infidelity… The name of the betrayal was her own sister; Gülden Karaböcek. Not long after the separation, Gülden Karaböcek married her sister's ex-husband Atilla Alpsakarya. Her sister's "husband" was now her husband. This marriage was short-lived but left behind a male child. And a secret that remained unspoken for years: The love that shattered the Karaböcek Family remained hidden. But the story did not end here. Years later, Gülden Karaböcek married Armağan Düzgit, the owner of Nurtaç Yapım, for her second marriage.
At that time, Kamil Başaran, one of the strong writers of Hürriyet newspaper, was also in love with Gülden Karaböcek. He wanted to marry her. However, this love remained unfinished like a sentence without an end. Because Gülden Karaböcek was in love with Armağan Düzgit. The only way to separate from Başaran, who pressured Gülden Karaböcek with the power of the press and followed her at every moment, was to run away. Gülden Karaböcek was kidnapped during her second marriage. Armağan Düzgit, the owner of one of the most important music production companies of the time, Nurtaç Yapım, and Gülden Karaböcek ran away to get married. The ones who kidnapped the lovers were not strangers! Hakan Solaker, a valuable magazine commentator of Haberler.com, and the journalist Tayyar Işıksaçan kidnapped the lovers to Bursa Mudanya and they hid there for four days. The moment Başaran gave up searching for the lovers in Bursa and turned the steering wheel to another route, the wedding was held in the presence of Solaker and Işıksaçan.
These events were not talked about. Neşe Karaböcek remained silent. Gülden Karaböcek never spoke. For exactly 51 years. Neşe Karaböcek published a book. It was not an autobiography; the lines were like a portrait of a heart. She confessed for the first time: "It was not a love. It was the theft of my life." And eyes turned to Gülden Karaböcek.
PREVENTED HER FROM GOING ON AIR It was perhaps normal for her not to speak for years. But this time, her voice would be her daughter Nur Düzgit. Nur Düzgit did not want to break her mother's silence. But instead, she wanted to explain what happened, defend her mother, and share the truth behind the scenes. She accepted to appear on our program, Magazin Bahane. She promised. She would go on air. Until… her mother learned about it. Karaböcek, who called Düzgit, said, "If you go… If you speak… I will erase you too." That sentence showed how alive the pains hidden in the past still are today. Gülden Karaböcek silenced even her daughter, who was going to tell her own past.