This article was
published in a french magazine in October 1999. Thanks a lot to
Sabrina, from France, for sharing it with us.
He came to
Paris! We took the most of it to meet our friend Tarkan, to have
news before the releasing of his next single whose title in
turkish means "I Would Die for You". He explained us
his tastes. We really liked what he told us.
I LIKE:
The
hope:
My motto
is: "Never let down, whatever happens".
The
love:
I like when
the relation is open, without secrets. I'm against the secrets
cause it drives you solitary in a couple.
The
snails:
I
adooore!!! It's so frenchy!
The
paint:
I stopped
it for the moment. I noticed, that without taking lessons, I
wouldn't be 
able to express what I wanted. So
I'll wait to be able to take lessons to control better the use of
the brushes. But I will come back to it.
The
success:
I like to
win but, at the same time, I'm afraid. 'Cause at each success,
you have to set higher goals. You always have to be the best.
The
parties:
I do quite
a lot of parties in New York and sometimes in Paris. But never in
Germany. It's too techno for me.
Driving:
I hate
traffic jams but I adore driving. Before, I had a car in Turkey
but I gave it away after the first earthquake, with others
things. But let's move on...I really love driving, to find myself
all alone in my bubble, with very loud music, driving very fast
on the freeway. It's dangerous. But pleasant!
Babies:
They smell
so good. My favorite bits? Their little feet. I always feel like
eating them!
The
soulmate:
I believe
that we all have a soulmate on earth. But I believe that everyone
can become a soulmate. It's a question of alchemy. Sometimes, if
you think too much about it, if you hesitate too much, you can
loose your half.
I DON'T
LIKE:
The
dirtiness:
I hate the
bad smells, the people who smell of sweat. And the dust.
Lying
about love:
Going with
someone, thinking of someone else. I'm a faithful person.
Nevertheless, it's already happened to me.
The
racism:
One of the
most current feelings and the less tolerable.
The
earthquakes:
Fortunately,
nobody was touched in my family but I suffered so much for my
fellow countrymen during those two eartquakes in Turkey.
The
gossips:
I never
listen to the gossips. I hate driving the people sad, so I prefer
stopping all kind of gossips...Surely because I was already in
the center of gossips. Do you know which question is asked most
of the time in the interviews? "Are you gay?" It makes
me angry!
The
marriage:
For me,
it's not necessary. I don't know if I would give myself for a
handwriting. I 
don't believe very much in
marriage. All the people whom I talk about that answer me: mutual
control, belonging...
The
solitude and the darkness:
No, I don't
sleep with a nightlight. It's the dark night that I don't like
when I'm out. About the solitude, I can't stand it. I'm not able
to stay alone at home, for example.
The
planes:
I've taken
so much flights that I'm fed up. But I don't have a choice.
The
agressive songs:
The
american rap and the heavy metal. Their messages are too violent,
dangerous. What do I listen to? All the mornings, classical
music: Scubert, Mozart...
The
medias:
It's
sometimes difficult to manage because I'm very in demand. The
reporters ask me a lot about my private life. Nevertheless, I
know that we need each other. But at the same time, I adore the
interviews, for the meetings.
The
disappointements:
I'm the
biggest subject of my own disappointements. My aim is never do
anything wrong and to keep my feet on earth. But this
morning, for example, I was in a bad mood because I was hungry
and I was shattered. I wasn't much pleasant with my entourage and
then I regretted it bitterly.
Growing
up:
Because by
growing up, we loose a little bit the family sense. I'm an
independent person. When I was a child, my mother was the most
important person in my life. And now I notice that I have a
tendency to have an equal relation, more like friends, with her.
My friends begin to take more and more importance.
The
immigration service:
I'd like to
be a world citizen. Even if it's important to maintain our
languages, our cultures. But the immigration, it's the separation
of the people, the families, the friends. And it's also the long
wait when I go through customs. Everytime, the customs officer
checks my passport about ten times. I get angry but I can't do
anyhting else but wait.
