Beşiktaş (pronounced [beˈʃictaʃ]) is a municipality (belediye) of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the municipality of Üsküdar.
The Beşiktaş municipality includes a number of important sites along the European side of the Bosphorus, from Dolmabahçe Palace in the south to Bebek in the north. The municipality also includes many inland neighborhoods such as Levent and Etiler. Some of its other well-known neighborhoods are Yıldız, Kuruçeşme, Ortaköy, and Arnavutköy.
The words beşik taş means "cradle stone" in Turkish.
According to one story, there was a Byzantine church where Beşiktaş now is with the name Kounopetra, Greek for "stone cradle." The church was built to honor a relic, a stone reportedly taken from the stable in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. This stone was later removed to Hagia Sophia and disappeared during the Fourth Crusade, possibly to be sold in Europe's relics market.
Metin Tekin (born 1964 in İzmit, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional football player. His parents are Tarık and İnci Tekin. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business. He married to Şevval Sam in 1993. From this marriage he has a son and divorced in 2000.
He started his football career in Kocaelispor. His first accomplishment was the selection to U-18 National Team.
In the 1982-1983 season, he transferred to Beşiktaş by Dorde Miliç before he becoming a member of Kocaelispor's first team. On January 2, 1983, he scored his first goal for Beşiktaş to Adana Demirspor in İnönü Stadium.
He usually played as a right winger (#7 Uniform). Occasionally he played as a forward too. Beşiktaş fans called him "Sarı Fırtına" and his name also mentioned with other prominent players such as Ali Gültiken and Feyyaz Uçar. Between 1982 to 1997 he played 320 games and scored 47 goals. In 1997 Metin Tekin was loaned to Vanspor. Later in the year Beşiktaş vs Fenerbahçe was his final game as a professional football player.
LostOn a painted skyWhere the clouds are hungFor the poet's eyeYou may find himIf you may find him
ThereOn a distant shoreBy the wings of dreamsThrough an open doorYou may know himIf you may
BeAs a page that aches for a wordWhich speaks on a theme that is timelessWhile the Sun God will make for your daySingAs a song in search of a voice that is silentAnd the one God will make for your way
And we danceTo a whispered voiceOverheard by the soulUndertook by the heartAnd you may know itIf you may know it
While the sandWould become the stoneWhich begat the sparkTurned to living boneHoly, holySanctus, sanctus
On the road to the riches,
Try and stop and take pictures
Pay attention to each detour and each sign along the way
Be aware of the winding roads
Know that as long as you take it slow
You’ll be fine
Plus you’ll find
You’re already there
On the road to the riches, don’t forget to stop to take pictures
Cause life ain’t about where you finish, but what you’ve learned along the way
So as you chase success remember that I told you best
You look fine, then you’ll find
You’re already there
(And that’s the truth)
Go ahead, be you (go 'head, be you)
If you want to be free (want to be free)
First you must be,
Just be, just be
With the glass half empty at least you know you’re not thirsty
Try to see it for what it is
Really half full now take a sip
And as it trickles down let it wash away any doubts
In your mind
You’re fine
Don’t think real joy is in position or money (Noo)
Don’t compare your life to somebody else coz you don’t know
Just what they’re going through unless you walk a mile in their shoes
Don’t be blind, the sun shines on everybody
(And that’s the truth)
Go 'head be you
(Go 'head be you)
If you want to be free (want to be free)
Then you have to first be (be)
Just be (be)
I know that sometimes life can throw a curve
But you gotta keep on swinging hard
It’s the only way to knock one out the park
And if it doesn’t make it over the wall
The only way you strike-out is if you don’t swing at all
(Mmm… And that’s the truth)
Go ahead be you
(Go 'head be you)
If you want to be free (want to be free)
Be (Be)
Just be (be)
Lord what's the matter
Am I lost
This life's a disaster, what is the cause
Am I a junkie, what is my fate
Or am I a flunkie who doesn't relate
Or am I a child so full of hate
Am I a doctor or even a priest
Or am I a rapist who needs a release
A psychotic prancer
Times Square dancer
The mind can see as long as you'll be
For real with yourself
And you'll forever be
Be, be, be, be
You'll forever be
Be, be, be, you'll forever you be
You'll forever be
When you're real with yourself
You'll forever be
Lord what's the matter am I insame
This life's an illusion that's all it remains
Are you listening, are you boss
Am I gonna make it up on that cross
Believe in Your name and
You'll forever be
Be, be, be, be
You'll forever be
Be, be, be, you'll forever be
Ever be, ever be
You'll forever be
All in all we're fading
Like a soul lost in the wilderness
We're cold and we're cut off from it
Not knowing where it's gonna end
There's a star in Bethlehem, it's calling you
It's a memory of one who made it
Be, be yourself
There's no one who does it quite like you
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who is going to
You're a tribute to the best of us
We follow everybody else
Not knowing what we're made for
The mecca of the insecure
The sign and mark of the popular
There's a new face on the television
It's a new host with the same derision
Be, be yourself
Don't let the losers tell you what to do
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who is going to
And the time is now
No reason to look back
Just like an infant born
You've got to catch your breath
And i'm learning Father
Yes, and i'm going farther
Be, be yourself
There's no one who does it quite like you
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who is going to
Light the path you're supposed to see
Just like the salt that filters through the need
Like a star that's falling from the sky
Way it's gonna
Way it's gonna
Lately I find I'm caught up in these thoughts
How will you come to me
How will we connect these hearts
Are you somewhere near
Hidden like a four-leaf clover
Are you miles away
Are we getting any closer
Are we getting any closer
I already see us moving mountains
I already see us walk in water
I already see the clouds we're flying
Over and under
I can really see us having babies
Walking through the park and being lazy
I already see myself falling in love eternally
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
I already see us moving mountains
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
I already see us walk in water
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
Being with you
Is a like a scene from a dream in heaven
I feel you running through
All my senses
Will you taste like rain
Can I breathe you like air
Will I lose myself in your arms somewhere
I already see us moving mountains
I already see us walk in water
I already see the clouds we're flying
Over and under
I can really see us having babies
Walking through the park and being lazy
I already see myself falling in love eternally
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
I think that's just the way it's gonna be
And I know and I know and I know
Love can move a mountain
And I know and I know
It's gonna be even better than I imagined
Putting all my trust in you
Putting all my trust in you
We'll make this dream come true
I can really see us having babies
Walking through the park and being lazy
I already see myself falling in love eternally
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
And I think that's just the way it's gonna be
I already see us moving mountains
The way it's gonna be
I already see us walk in water
The way it's gonna be
I can really see us having babies
The way it's gonna be
I already see myself falling in love
Meant to be
I already see us moving mountains
The way it's gonna be
I already see us walk in water
To me
The way it's gonna be
I can really see us having babies
From a swerven shore to bend of bay
Just as easy to die on a bright sunny day
When my mind and heart return
To count the crackings of my faults
To try and tell the form is dark
To pitch a pain and make it hold
To crawl through rain in dust parched bowl
These are the things we may not do
This is where the light grows dim
This is where all voice is stutter
This is where all lips shall crack
This is where my life has led me
This is where I chose to stay
My dad wanted to fly
With mum to peruvian skies
Plants were the aim on his mind
But plants became disqualified
Stroke it hit god's creature
Stroking all god's creatures
Stroke
Stroke it hit god's creature
Stroking all god's creatures
Que tal my love
Is this the airport
How long did we fly
What is it, what had
Stroke it hit god's creature
Stroking all god's creatures
Stroke
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
I don't care whatever you do,
I just care that you'll be true.
If you want to be a cowboy, then that's what you do.
There's a horse somewhere waiting for you.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
Do you believe in an unlived life?
Self-fulfillment, not self gratification's strife.
Well, you can change and time will tell.
You think you're in heaven, but you're living in Hell.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
If you can't take another day trapped in chastisation or disapproval's fray,
then just go my dear and believe you me, its not so frightening to be free.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be what ever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
If the tears
Should ever cloud your eyes
If the rain
Should ever darken
The skies above you
You'll be alright
'Cause I'm here, I'm here
And I'll turn your
Grey skies back to blue
'Cause there's nothing
I won't do for you
Just a whisper away
I'm closer to you
Than the air that you breathe
Believe me it's true
I will never leave
I promise to you
Forever, forever we will be
If tomorrow
Feels like a lonely room
Without someone
There holding you
Know you'll be alright
I'll be at your side
At your side
Hold on tight
You know I'll never be too far
'Cause I wrote this promise
On your heart
Whenever you're
Stranded in the cold
Remember my love's an overcoat
I'm here to keep you
Safe in my arms
Where you belong
Whenever you're afraid
I'll be your hiding place
The problems seem to break your heart, you feel empty and powerless
You're completely beside yourself, suicidal thoughts inside
You would like to get some fresh air, but your troubles keep you in chains.
After all you miss the time to talk about all this
The waters have come up to your neck
Get out of this pain, give wings to your sadness
So you are alive, so you can be
Leave everything that gives you pain and bring it up to him,
You can be again, your problems are blown away and overcome
The emptiness will fade away and you will be filled with his love
‘cause he suffers with you and won’t let you be alone
The emptiness will fade away
You finally feel free again, the old is dead and gone
All in all we're fading
Like a soul lost in the wilderness
We're cold and we're cut off from it
Not knowing where it's gonna end
There's a star in Bethlehem, calling you
It's memory of one made it
Be, be yourself
There's no one here who does it quite like you
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who's going to
You're a tribute to the best of us
We follow everybody else
Not knowing what we're made for
The mecca of insecure
The sign and mark of the popular
There's a new face on the television
It's a new host with the same decision
Be, be yourself
Don't le the losers tell you what to do
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who is going to
And the time is now
No reason to look back
Just like an infant born
You've got to catch your breath
And I'm learning Father
Yes, and I'm going farther
Be, be yourself
There's no one here who does it quite like you
Be, no one else
Cause if you don't then who's going to
You're a tribute to the best of us
Light the path you're supposed to see
Just like the salt that filters through the need
Like the stars falling from the sky
It's been so long
Meet me at the station
We can take a taxi home, maybe
It's time for conversation
Catch up on some days,
I don’t know, but
You said we've done it all
Flame went out, the spark is gone
What if you're wrong?
It's been so long since you've see me
How can you know how you really feel?
If we run out of things to say
I promise I won't make you feel bad
We'll just roll the windows down
We'll drive around this town and be, be, yeah
Will you sleep tonight
Or will you lay awake like me, like me.
Pillow to pillow, back to back
Pulling the sheets and all that
Waiting for eyes to meet
Wake me when you wake up
Miss me when we break up
Kiss me when we make up, yeah
I know it's not the same but,
Don't wanna say we gave up
Please don’t give the game up, no,
Cause if you don't know what to say
I promise I won't make you feel bad, no, no
Cause you're not the only one who's scared to say you’re still in love
If we run out of things to say
I promise I won't make you feel bad, nooo, nooo,
We'll just roll the windows down
We’ll drive around this town and be, be, yeah
So when the right words won't come out
As the city lights pass us by
Let the silence be the only sound
And now hear everything I need to hear,
We've been through at all
And if you don't know what to say
I promise I won't make you feel bad, nooo, nooo
We'll just roll the windows down
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
I don't care whatever you do,
I just care that you'll be true.
If you want to be a cowboy, then that's what you do.
There's a horse somewhere waiting for you.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
Do you believe in an unlived life?
Self-fulfillment, not self gratification's strife.
Well, you can change and time will tell.
You think you're in heaven, but you're living in Hell.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
If you can't take another day trapped in castigation or disapproval's fray,
then just go my dear and believe you me, its not so frightening to be free.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be whatever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Don't listen to them listen to me.
You can be what you want to be.
You can be what ever you see.
Whatever in this world makes you happy.
Stand up stand still
get out of here
I can't see straight
I can't think clear
There's no way around it
to piss me off
There's no sense about it
I've heard enough
Just let me be
I told you once
the way I am
It's all the time
you understand
There's no way around it
to piss me of
There's no sense about it
I've heard enough
Just let me be