Ümit Yılbar

Ümit Yılbar
Born1966
Kadıköy, Istanbul
Died25 September 1993(1993-09-25) (aged 26–27)
Bağğöze, Eruh, Siirt
GenresRock
Heavy metal
Thrash metal
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, arranger, Record producer
Instrumentguitar
Years active1987–1993
Member ofPentagram (1987–1989)

Ümit Yılbar (1966, Kadıköy, Istanbul - 25 September 1993, Bağgöze, Siirt) was a Turkish musician and guitarist. Yılbar, one of the guitarists of Pentagram, one of Turkey's famous heavy metal bands, voluntarily became a commando while performing his military service as a sub-lieutenant, and died at the age of 27 during a conflict with the PKK in an operation he participated in on 25 September 1993. His body is in Edirnekapı Martyrdom.[1]

In memory of Yılbar, who was also the guitar teacher of Gökhan Özoğuz from the Athena,[2][3] Athena band dedicated the album One Last Breath and Pentagram band dedicated the song Fly Forever from their second album Trail Blazer to him.[1] A street was named after him in Kadıköy, where he was born and raised, to keep his memory alive.[4]

A poem that Ümit Yılbar wrote 11 days before his martyrdom is still remembered. Here are the words of the poem written by Yılbar:[5]

I didn't know that the mountains were this steep,
I didn't know that the nights were this long,
I didn't know that time passed so slowly,
But I knew the love of the homeland inside me,
I knew the love inside me.
Do you want my blood, my land,
or my corpse?
As long as you're thirsty,
I'll be your water,
I'm like a crazy dog on a leash
They don't let me go,
Don't they know? I am a Turkish child,
Let me go to die,
I created this head on the road.
Even if a stone falls on my head,
My friend, I won't give up on this road, .
Let seven heifers come, I will crush them all.

References

  1. ^ a b "Eruh'ta şehit olan Pentagram'ın kurucularından gitarist Ümit Yılbar 25 yıldır yok". Milliyet. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Kendimize binlerce yoldaş bulmamız paha biçilemez". Hürriyet. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Gökhan Özoğuz kimdir? Gökhan Özoğuz nereli? Athena ve kariyeri". Milliyet. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Ümit Yılbar Biography". Metal Archives. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Kariyerini zirvede bırakıp komando olmuştu! 27 yıl önce şehit düşen ünlü müzisyen, Athena Gökhan'ın hocası çıktı". Son Dakika. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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