Oguz Durukan & Huseyin Sultanoglu in studio with Oguz experimenting

















Cem Karaca with Dervisan on stage






















Cem Karaca live in 1972 with right from him Huseyin Sultanoglu freakin' out
(picture provided by Nurseli Sultanogilu)




Cem Karaca












Cem Karaca &Dervisan at the award night of Hey Magazine.the year 1975.
left to right: Ugur Dikmen, Huseyin Sultanoglu, Cem Karaca and Oguz Durukan























Cem Karaca & Dervisan, Ankara year 1976. The left to right: Kilic Danisman, Murat toz,Cem Karaca,Huseyin Sultanoglu,Taner Ongur, Tahsin Unvar.
















Late formation with all members (including Cem Karaca). (from Ses Magazine)
(picture provided by Ozan Durmus)
Oguz Durukan & Huseyin Sultanoglu in studio
Oguz Durukan -experimental touch
                 Turkish Progressive music presents :
                       DERVISAN
Cem Karaca at the right
Dervisan in 1974, while working on song "Beyaz Atli, Yigitler"
Ugur Dikmen, Oguz Durukan, Huseyin Sultanoglu, and their technician Zeki Seyrek.
(picture : Nurseli Sultanogilu)

"Dervisan is the 3 piece band, Ugur Dikmen played the keys, Oguz Durukan plays bass a la cello by the stick (?) and the drummer was Hüseyin. Also Cem played 12 strings." Dikelitle

" DERVISAN was first and one Superb Progressive Rock Band of Turkey .
The were active between 1974 and 1977 and it was includeds 3 stages in these 3 years . These stages are ;
1 - Oguz Durukan : Bass
    Ugur Dikmen : Keyboards
    Huseyin Sultanoglu : Drums
2 - Taner Ongur : Guitar
    Murat Toz :  Bass
    Tahsin Unuvar : Flute
    Kýlýc Danýsman : Keyboards
    Huseyin Sultanoglu : Drums
3 - Taner Ongur : Guitar
    Hami Barutcu : Bass
    Ugur Dikmen : Keyboards
    Sefa Ulastir : Drums

These are DERVISAN discography between 1974 and 1977 ;

45 RPM s :
Beyaz Atlý - Yigitler ( 45 rpm ) 1st
Tamirci Ciragi - Nerdesin ( 45 rpm ) 1st
Mutlaka Yavrum - Kavga ( 45 rpm ) 2nd
Beni Siz Delirttiniz - Niyazi ( 45 rpm ) 2nd
Mor Persembe - Bir Mirasyediye Agit ( 45 rpm ) 3rd
1Mayis - Durduramayacak Halkin Coskun Akan Selini (45 rpm) 3rd
( This disc includes Sarper Ozsan as guitarist instead of Taner Ongur )

LP s :

* Nem Kaldi ( LP ) -
This is a various lp that belongs to Cem Karaca's all bands until 1975 and it includes 2 songs of DERVISAN . These are Nem Kaldi and Unutamadigim.

* Parka ( LP ) - This is another various lp that belongs to Cem Karaca's all bands until 1975 but this lp about generally Dervisan . It includes Parka song as a new DERVISAN product .

* Yoksulluk Kader Olamaz ( LP ) - This is Cem Karaca's first studio album and it is one of best albums of Turkish Rock Music . Includes 8 new songs . Generally its a political progressive rock album and its one of interesting progressive rock albums of the 70s in the world . Mor Persembe 45 rpm's records was completed with this lp and this 45 rpm completed ideas of LP . " Gokay GELGEC Istanbul,Turkey


Other webpage : http://www.cemkaraca.250x.com/grup.html#dervis

People who can provide me more information of this group, please E-mail me.

You can go to the page of Cem Karaca for more information.


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Page updated 2003-05-26
new info afdded 2006-03-25