Belen Cafe , Ormancı Folk Song

















Belen Mill
Belen Mill is one of the most touristic attractions in Mugla. It is restored by Mugla Governorship to provide for attracting visitors and tourists.
Belen Mill is one of the most touristic attractions in Mugla. It is restored by Mugla Governorship to provide for attracting visitors and tourists. The sculptures of Tahir Erdinc and his wife are exhibited in the Mill. He is known as ‘Kemancı Tahir’ (Violinist Tahir), the composer of famous Turkish folk song ‘Ormancı’ (means ‘Forester’ in English).
150 years of historical background of Belen Mill, preserving the traces of the past comes out when the historical water mill at Gevenes Village is restored and shows of its originality. The village house next to the mill is open to visitors after being renovated.
Belen Mill and Kemancı Tahir are of the most important historical and cultural values in Gevenes Village, Yatagan. He used to work in the mill and was a composer. He set up his first musical orchestra in Mugla. He trained those who were not interested in music and made musical groups. Belen Mill is now a museum for the exhibition of his art which has great historical value.
Ormancı Folk Song: Lyrics and the story
A forest fire breaks out near Gevenes and Kozağaç villages of Muğla (a
province of Turkey) in 1946. Tevfik Cezayir, mukhtar (head of a village) of
Gevenes village, is playing draughts with his friend Mustafa Şahbudak in
Belen Café in the village. In the mean time, Mehmet İn, Ormancı (The
Forester), who is responsible for guarding forests, comes to the café to ask for
help from Tevfik to extinguish the fire. But, mukhtar says that he is not able to
help him in extinguishing the fire since there is no one else. Hereupon,
Ormancı becomes very angry, with effect of alcohol he drank, and breaks the
draughts table down. Mustafa says to Ormancı: “you are drunk, get out of
here.” Ormancı becomes angrier and kicks the table again. Then they start to
argue and Mustafa slaps in the face of the forester. Ormancı loses his temper
and draws a knife, then wounds Mustafa on his arm. In response, Mustafa
draws his gun and Tevfik slumps down on ground in a pool of blood while
trying to prevent Mustafa from shooting at Ormancı. Mustafa shoots at
Ormancı and wounds his heel and hip. Villagers cool Mustafa off and take
Tevfik to hospital. Despite all efforts, doctors are unable to keep him alive and
he dies of blood lose. Death of Tevfik, a loved mukhtar in his village, leaves
villagers in a great sorrow.
The villagers lament after this tragic event, and Tahir Erdinç, one of the
villagers and a violin player, elegises the folk song Ormancı (The Forester).
Today, this song is usually sung in daily life, weddings and in musical
meetings around Muğla. The Ormancı folk song is a popular song all over the
Turkey, especially in Western Anatolia, and it is sung by many people in many
different environments.
Belen Café, place of this tragic incident, is restored between 2001-2006 by
Hüseyin Aksoy, governor of Muğla and Ormancı fork song and the tragic
incident is kept alive in memories by this way. The Cafe is a symbol in te
cuture of the region. (Mehmet Ali Eren, Öyküleriyle Muğla Türküleri (Muğla
Folk Songs with Their Stories, Muğla, 2003, pp.53-54)
Belen Café
Ormancı
Çıktım Belen kahvesine baktım ovaya
Bay Mustafa çağırdı dama oynamaya
Ormancı da gelir gelmez yıkar masaya
Söz anlamaz ormancı çekmiş kafaya
Aman Ormancı canım Ormancı
Köyümüze bıraktın yoktan bir acı
Gevenes’in suları hoştur içmeye
İçinde köprüsü var gelip geçmeye
Yiğitleri vurdular hiç mi hiçine
Yazık ettin Ormancı köyün iki genci
Aman Ormancı canım Ormancı
Köyümüze bıraktın yoktan bir acı
Gevenes’in ortasında değirmen döner
Değirmenin suları dağından iner
Ormancıya atılan kurşun Tevfiğe değer
Tevfiğimin acıları yürekler deler
Aman Ormancı canım Ormancı
Köyümüze bıraktın yoktan bir acı
Forester
I rode up to Belen Café and watched the plain
Mr. Mustafa asked me to play draughts with him
Ormancı breaks the table down as soon as he comes
He is drunk and listens to no one
Oh! Ormancı dear Ormancı
You left the village in great sorrow
Water in Gevenes is good to drink
Water in Gevenes is good to drink
There is a bridge in it to cross
Heros were shoot for nothing
You ruined lives of two youngsters of the village
Oh! Ormancı dear Ormancı
You left the village in great sorrow
There is a mill in the middle of our village
And water for it, comes from the mountains
The gun drawn for Ormancı, kills Tevfik
Death of Tevfik hurts so bad in my heart
Oh! Ormancı dear Ormancı
You left the village in great sorrow
HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Geleneksel Müzik Kültürü Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Center for Traditional Musical Culture
(HÜGEM)
Gülay MİRZAOĞLU
42nd International Ballad Conference Coordinator
Zehra KADERLİ
42nd International Ballad Conference Assistant Coordinator

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