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Did Macedonians Steal this Turkish Song?
This is an old Turkish war song from World War I called "Chanakale"
This is the Macedonian war song "Ne Plachi Majko, Ne Zali"
This is the Macedonian war song "Ne Plachi Majko, Ne Zali"
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I have to say Ne Placi Majko is one of my favorite songs so I am wondering how it spread from Turkey to Macedonia after WWI, seems strange -
I checked your videos to see if there's a Greek version of this song. Well, we have one that is very close, or at least the first half, but I could be wrong. A far as we know, it is a traditional song from Smyrna. This is the first recorded version.
a more recent performance
Edit: And this is the American version
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In the first link, interesting list of names just before the minute mark.Originally posted by Niko777 View PostThis is an old Turkish war song from World War I called "Chanakale"
This is the Macedonian war song "Ne Plachi Majko, Ne Zali"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLrhkrWQ244Comment
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If this is a list of martyrs, there are too many Christian names. This could be in contrast with this:Originally posted by sydney View Post
saying non-Muslim martyrs were only 1% and still Turks are trying to hide these names. In the video among 16 names there are at least four Greek-Christian ones, not to mention the Armenian ones. Still, it's possible that these are Muslims, Islamized Christians that could retain a form of their Christian name.Comment
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Good catch, some of those are names of Macedonians. Istanbul at at that time still had a large colony of Macedonians mostly from Bitola, Lerinsko, and Kostursko. It's known that Macedonians of Istanbul were mobilized in the Turkish army during the war.Originally posted by sydney View PostComment
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