Derdiyoklar İkilisi has been played on NTS in shows including Queen Kong, featured first on 14 August 2017. Songs played include Veren Olmaz Bizim Elin Tadını, Yaz Gazeteci and Liebe Gabi.

Unlike other Turkish psychedelic stars of the time, Derdiyoklar made their name first and actually only among the “gastarbeiter” Turks in Germany. They played weddings and parties almost exclusively of Turkish workers and rural population; clung tightly to their Turkish roots, in the face of cultural shock and obvious social problems. Their lyrics converged around socio-political and cultural topics of the era.

Ali Ekber Aydoğan, the brains of the operation, was (and he still…