This song, “Modern Times” (“Modern Zamanlar” in Turkish original) is composed with the lyrics coming from a poem of a young Turkish poet and the famous Charlie Chaplin movie, both with the same name (former in Turkish language, latter in English). This is also the name of the music band that Gurdal played with during his College years.
The song, with unexpected changes of mood, tonality, and notes, is reflective of the human psyche in modern times: Constant change, instability, dissonance, and lack of coherence, where life is not a unity, but instead a mash of broken tiles filled in to a dark space.
Special thanks to Oncea Viorel for this beautiful elegant arrangement.