Location map of Ortac

Ortac in the distance, seen from the ferry. Alderney is in the background.

Ortac is a small uninhabited islet about 5 km West of the coast of Alderney near to the islet of Burhou. It measures approx. 50 by 70 meters.

A.H. Ewen surmised that the rock's name meant "large rock at the edge" from the Norman language Or (edge) + Etac (Stack). Alexander Deschamps said that the French formerly knew it as "the Eagle's Nest".

Geology[link]

Ortac and Alderney, along with the Casquets, are part of the same sandstone ridge.

Paul Naftel, a Guernsey artist, sketched it, and the drawing appeared in Ansted & Latham's book, The Channel Islands (1862). The writers themselves commented -

If the sea bottom, which is in very few parts as much as 20 fathoms deep, were elevated 120 feet (37 m), the island of Alderney, the Burhou and Ortac group, and the Casquets would be connected by low land, and form a narrow island around 12 miles (19 km) long.

The 1906 book, The Channel Pilot states -

Between Ortac, Verte Tête and Burhou Island, are scattered many dangerous rocks, and ledges among which the streams run with great velocity.

It also supposedly contains a cave known as "the Oven".

Victor Hugo[link]

Victor Hugo, who lived on Guernsey, and who wrote much about the Channel Islands says in his novel, The Laughing Man (L'Homme qui Rit):

...on the port bow arose, standing stark, cut out on the background of mist, a tall opaque mass, vertical, right-angled, a tower of the abyss. It was the Ortac rock. The Ortac, all of a piece, rises up in a straight line to eighty feet above the angry beating of the waves... An immovable cliff, it plunges its rectilinear planes apeak into the numberless serpentine coils of the sea. At night it stands an enormous block, resting on the folds of a huge black sheet. In time of storm it awaits the stroke of the axe which is 'the thunderclap'...

To be wrecked on the Casquets is to be cut into ribbons; to strike on the Ortac is to be crushed into powder... On a straight frontage, such of that of the Ortac, neither the wave nor the cannon ball can ricochet... if the wave carries the vessel on the rock she breaks on it, and is lost...

Meanwhile, in another work, The Toilers of the Sea (Les Travailleurs de la mer), he mentions the curious anecdote that Ortac was inhabited by Saint Malo:

The Norman fishermen who frequent the Channel have many precautions to take at sea, by reason of the illusions with which Satan environs them. It has long been an article of popular faith that Saint Maclou inhabited the great square rock called Ortac, in the sea between Alderney and the Casquets; and many old sailors used to declare that they had often seen him there, seated and reading a book. Accordingly the sailors, as they passed, were in the habit of kneeling many times before the Ortac rock, until the day when the fable was destroyed, and the truth took its place. For it has been discovered, and is now well established, that the lonely inhabitant Of the rock is not a saint, but a devil. This evil spirit, whose name is Jochmus, had the impudence to pass himself of; for many centuries as Saint Maclou. Even the Church herself is not proof against snares of this kind. The demons Ragubel, Oribel, and Tobiel were regarded as saints until the year 745, when Pope Zachary, having at length exposed them, turned them out of saintly company. This sort of weeding of the saintly calendar is certainly very useful; but it can only be practiced by very accomplished judges of devils and their ways.

Wildlife[link]

The islet is noted for its large gannet colony. This is of fairly recent origin. On June 19, 1940, Major J.A.A. Wallace, preparing for the evacuation of Alderney, went there to inspect the kittiwake colony. He found only one gannet. He found none on Les Etacs off Alderney. Now both swarm with the birds.

In 1979, a mission with two naval helicopters was launched to remove nets and rubbish used in nests and which were trapped.

Airway Q41[link]

Quebec 41 is an Airway over the English Channel from the Channel Islands Control Area to the Solent Control Area. There is a reporting point named ORTAC at southern boundary between Quebec 41 and the Channel Islands Control Zone. Its position is 49° 59' 57N, 2° 0' 18W, which is about 30 miles north-north-east of Alderney. This is not coincident with the islet named Ortac, but its name is undoubtedly derived from the islet.

Many Standard Instrument Approach and Departure Procedures into Channel Islands airports use ORTAC as part of the procedure. A typical clearance for an Aurigny flight from Alderney to Southampton will read as follows: "Ayline [see footnote] 123: your clearance is to the Northern Zone boundary via ORTAC, on track Quebec 41."

1) Ayline is Aurigny's callsign

References[link]

• Channel Islets - Victor Coysh
• Alderney Tower at Alderney Airport, on 125.350 MHz.

Coordinates: 49°43′23″N 2°17′26″W / 49.72306°N 2.29056°W / 49.72306; -2.29056

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Serdar Ortaç (Turkish pronunciation: [seɾˌdaɾ oɾˈtatʃ], born 16 February 1970) is one of the popular singers of the Turkish pop folk music since the 1990s.

Discography[link]

Appearances[link]

See also[link]

• Music of Turkey
• Turkish pop music
• Mustafa Sandal
• Sezen Aksu
• Tarkan
• Kenan Doğulu

References[link]

• Biyografi.info – Biography of Serdar Ortaç (Turkish)

External links[link]

• Serdar Ortaç at the Internet Movie Database
• Serdar Ortaç's official website (Turkish) / (English)
• Serdar Ortaç's official Fan club
• Video clip of his song Gitme ("Don't go")
• Video clip of his song Dansöz ("The Belly Dancer")
• Video clip of his song Mesafe ("Distance")
• Video Clip of his song Sor ("Ask")

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Željko Joksimović	Best Male Performer in the Balkans 2010	Succeeded by [to be determined]

Yulduz Usmonova (Russified form: Yulduz Usmanova) (Uzbek: Yulduz Usmonova, Юлдуз Усмонова) (born December 12, 1963) is a well-known Uzbek singer and actress.^[1] She has achieved widespread fame in Uzbekistan, other parts of Central Asia, and more recently in Turkey. Uzmoniva has also acted in a number of Uzbek films.

Biography[link]

Yulduz Usmonova was born in Margilan city located in Ferghana region,^[2] Uzbekistan. Her parents worked at a silk factory. She studied music at the pedagogical institute in Margilan.

She was discovered by Gavharxonim Rahimova after singing at a Women’s Day show. Gavharxonim helped to open many doors for Usmanova. After being introduced to professors from the Uzbekistan State Conservatory, she prepared under their guidance. She studied vocal, and then later became a popular singer in Uzbekistan after independence in 1991. She became famous throughout Central Asia and later in Turkey and has released songs in many languages, such as Uzbek, Uyghur, Turkish, Russian, Tajik, Arab, Kazakh, and Tatar.^[3]

As Uzbekistan’s most popular singer, she has regularly appeared in concerts and has released several albums. She is well-known for her vocal opposition to the practice of lip-syncing in "live" concerts which is widespread among (younger) singers in Uzbekistan. She is one of the few artists remaining who always sing live.

Yulduz Usmonova has served in the Uzbek parliament. Most of the rumors about her are spread out by her rivals on the popular music scene in Uzbekistan, and have on many occasions forced her to go into self-inflicted exile to Russia, the US, and later to Turkey.

In 2008, Usmonova emigrated to Turkey citing dissatisfaction with political involvement and the incident that happened on May 13, 2005 in Fergana (also known as the "Bloody Friday in the Fergana Valley"). However, in her own interview Yulduz Usmonova cites the problems with the control of the state in Uzbekistan over where a singer is allowed to sing. She mentions that the Uzbek government obstructed her from performing in Turkmenistan, with which Uzbek officials had problematic relations over border issues. After migration she launched a successful career in Turkey, scoring hits with such singles as '"Beni kovma kalbinden", "Dünya", "Yalan" and "Seni Severdim," the latter being a duet with famous the Turkish singer Yaşar. Yulduz Usmonova's daughter Nilufar Usmonova is also a singer.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• 1999: Oqqan daryo oqaveradi
• 2001: Buncha go'zal bu hayot
• 2001: Oshiqlik
• 2002: Yoshligim, beboshligim
• 2003: Mendan meni so'rama
• 2003: О Любви
• 2004: Men o'zimni topmasam
• 2005: Yondiraman, yonaman
• 2005: Ayol
• 2005: Биё, Жонам
• 2006: Faqat sabr tiladim
• 2007: Kerak bo'lsa jonim fido
• 2007: O'zbekiston — qanday bo'lsang shunday sevaman
• 2008: Inadim
• 2009: Dunya
• 2009: Sen ham asra, ko'zmunchog'ingman
• 2010: Tilimdan emas dilimdan
• 2010: Kible Benim Kalbimde
• 2011: Bir Şans Ver

Videography[link]

• (2003) “Mendan meni so'rama“
• (2003) “Senga”
• (2004) ‘’Qalb”
• (2004) “Men kimman ayt”
• (2004) “O'g'il bola”
• (2005) “Biyo jonam biyo” (In Tajik)
• (2005) “Ko'rmasam bo'lmas”
• (2005) “Nadur” (feat. Akron Ibodullaev)
• (2005) “Sevaman seni” (feat. Davron Ergashev)
• (2006) “Bevafo yorim”
• (2006) “Iymon”
• (2006) “Jon me bari jon” (In Tajik)
• (2006) “Muhabbat”
• (2006) “Oh dilame” (In Tajik)
• (2006) “Sog'inch”
• (2006) “Тик так” (In Russian)
• (2006) “Ангел мой” (In Russian)
• (2007) “Dadajon”
• (2007) “O'p - o'p”
• (2007) “Oq kema”
• (2007) “Yana bahor”
• (2007) “Любовь моя” (feat. the band "Достар") (In Russian)
• (2008) “Affet Allahim” (In Turkish)
• (2008) “Babacim” (In Turkish)
• (2008) “Öp” (In Turkish)
• (2008) “Salovat”
• (2008) “Shekilli”
• (2009) “Görmesem Olmaz” (feat Fatih Erkoç)
• (2009) “Yalan” (In Turkish)
• (2010) “Beni kovma kalbinden” (In Turkish)
• (2010) “Seni severdim" (In Turkish)
• (2010) “Yalvar guzel Allah`a” (In Turkish)
• (2010) “Yolvor go'zal Allohga”
• (2011) “Aldadi” (feat. Athambek Yuldashev)
• (2011) “Aynanayin”
• (2011) “Belli belli” (In Turkish)
• (2011) “Dunya” (In Turkish)
• (2011) “Ey yor” (In Tajik)
• (2011) “Ko'z yoshim oqar”

Filmography[link]

• Iron Man (Russian: Железный мужчина) (Uzbek: Temir erkak) (1991)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Yulduz Usmanova's Music on Tmhits

Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey as Orhan Kencebay) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.

Early life and musical background[link]

Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on August 4, 1944, to Crimean Tatar and Balkan Turkish parents.^{[citation needed]} He started learning music at the age of six, taking violin and mandolin lessons from Emin Tarakçı who was an old Classical Musician from the Ukraine Conservatoire. At the age of seven, he started playing the bağlama (a traditional Turkish instrument), and continued taking traditional Turkish folk music lessons. At ten, he created his first composition. At thirteen, he started playing the tambur, an instrument often used in Turkish classical music to improve himself in the theoretical and practical details of Turkish classical music.

During his high school years, he performed in Classical and Traditional Turkish Folk Music groups playing the tambur and baglama, taught music lessons in his own music courses, and took part in organizing community music centers in Istanbul and Samsun.

When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz and rock music, and started playing tenor saxophone in wind orchestras. He enrolled in the Turkish conservatory in Istanbul, and studied there for four years. During his military service, he played saxophone in the military brass band.

Career[link]

At 20 and 22, he passed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) auditions and become a resident bağlama player at the network for several months.

In 1966 he got an excellent grade in National Bağlama Contest with Arif Sağ and Cinucen Tanrikorur, two other contemporary masters of Turkish music.

In the late sixties he collaborated with a wide range of musicians in performances and film music. Between 1966 and 1968 he played bağlama with Arif Sağ in many records with singers such as Muzaffer Akgün, Yıldız Tezcan, Ahmet Sezgin, Şükran Ay, Sabahat Akkiraz, and Nuri Sesigüzel. Gencebay also took part as a music director in many Turkish films such as Ana, Kuyu, Kızılırmak-Karakoyun. He also collaborated with many musicians from different genres, such as Erkin Koray,^[1] Omar Faruk Tekbilek,^[2] Ismet Siral, Burhan Tonguc, Ozer Senay, Vedat Yildirimbora, Neşet Ertaş, Abdullah Nail Baysu. He appeared as a baglama performer and a well-known composer in musical societies, besides releasing several singles in genre of traditional Turkish Folk music. In 1968, he released his first "free-style" single "Sensiz Bahar Gecmiyor/Basa Gelen Cekilirmis", and was rewarded. During the 1970s he released many singles in a new genre that is a fusion of traditional Turkish Folk music, Turkish classical music, Western classical music, jazz, rock, country, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, and Greek music styles. Even though some musical societies such as TRT named that kind of World fusion music recordings Arabesque music, Orhan Gencebay refused the term arabesque, saying it was inadequate to define his style.^[3][4][5] In 1972, he founded the Kervan Record Company, which became very successful, attracting many other talented musicians such as Erkin Koray, Ajda Pekkan, Muazzez Abaci, Mustafa Sagyasar, Ahmet Ozhan, Kamuran Akkor, Semiha Yanki, Samime Sanay, Nese Karabocek, Bedia Akarturk, Nil Burak, Ziya Taskent, Semiramis Pekkan and Ferdi Ozbegen.

Throughout his career Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand^[6] works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MC's. His albums sold out over 65 million legal copies.^[7][8]

As a composer, film musician, and as a person interested in other musical cultures, Orhan Gencebay is one of the major exponents of Turkish music in the 20th century.

In 2005, Gencebay was featured in the film Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by German Turkish director Fatih Akın, as well as on the film's soundtrack with the song "Hatasız Kul Olmaz."

References[link]

1. ^ "Erkin Koray". http://complicateddancesteps.blogspot.com/2008/01/erkin-koray.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Erkin Koray met Gencebay in the early seventies." 
2. ^ "Omar Faruk Tekbilek Biography". http://www.omarfaruktekbilek.com/index.php?p=bio. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Omar Faruk’s skills blossomed in Istanbul playing with some of the leading Turkish musicians including Orhan Gencebay" 
3. ^ Dinççan, M.Vehbi (July 29, 2001). "O Bir Efsane (He is a Legend)" (in Turkish). Akşam. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608071258/http://www.aksam.com.tr/arsiv/aksam/2001/07/29/yazidizi/yazidizi2.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Yaptığım müziğe Arabesk ismini ben koymadım (I am not the one who named my music arabesque)." 
4. ^ Akpınar, Hakan (July 16, 2004). "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (The Legend of "Father" Orhan)" (in Turkish). Tercüman. http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=26.04.2005&yaziid=12239. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Müziğime arabesk denmesi çok saçma. Bu kavram hem yeterli değil, hem de yanlıştır.(It's foolish calling my music as arabesque. That term is not only inadequate, but also it's completely incorrect)." 
5. ^ Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (April 18, 2004). "Mafya babası gibiyim (I am like Godfather)" (in Turkish). Sabah. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/04/18/cp/rop101-20040418-102.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Arabesk deyimi beni tanımlamaya yetmez .(Arabesque is not enough to define me)." 
6. ^ Berköz, Elif (December 12, 2005). "Ne Sazımın Yaşlanmaya Niyeti Var Ne de Benim (Neither my baglama nor me have in mind getting old)" (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2005/12/30/pazar/axpaz01.html. Retrieved 2007-03-27. "1000'in üzerinde beste yapmış (He did over a thousand of composes)." 
7. ^ "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (Legandary Father Orhan)" (in Turkish). Tercüman Gazetesi. April 27, 2005. http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=27.04.2005&yaziid=12241. Retrieved 2009-09-17. "Yasal olarak 60 milyonun üstünde sattı albümlerim, 65-70 milyon arası galiba. (My albums have sold over 60 million legal copies, probably 65-70 million.)" 
8. ^ "65 milyon albüm sattı (He has sold 65 million legal copies)" (in 2009-09-17). Akşam Gazetesi. April 14, 2006. http://arsiv.aksam.com.tr/haber.asp?a=36254,8&tarih=14.04.2006. Retrieved 2009-09-17. "Çıkardığım albümlerin resmi satış rakamı 65 milyon. (My albums have sold 65 million legal copies)." 

External links[link]

• Orhan Gencebay at the Internet Movie Database
• Radikal ve Özgün Gencebay'cılık
• Turkish Progressive Music and Orhan Gencebay
• Orhan Gencebay review
• Official Web Site
• Fan Site