MFÖ, similar to Barış Manço, emerged in the 1970s as part of the growing music interaction between Turkey and the West. It is named after Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, and Özkan Uğur (M, F, and Ö respectively). They are more in the pop tradition than the Anadolu Rock of Barış Manço, but they wrote songs and performed in a wide variety of genres. Twice MFÖ represented Turkey in Eurovision (now boycotted by Turkey over perceived unfair voting as well as LGBTQ representation), in 1985 with Didadi Didadi Dai and 1988 with Sufi. The two songs represent some of the diversity of their music. Didai Didai Dai, which is a nonsense title, is a love song (sometimes the title is given as Aşık Oldum… I fell in love), but Sufi is a song with a strong mystical element about Sufism. The band is still active today.
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