What has been missing from these pages for far too long is some heavy Turkish psych. I know you have all been thinking that but didn't want to say anything. Next time, please speak up. Don't worry about being rude. Sometimes I need to be told.
Hayvanlar Alemi are among Ankara's finest freaks and have been for a good twenty years now. If you are not familiar with them you can find out all you need to know at their website which has lots of clips, videos and links to where you can buy their records.
Back in the mid to late 2000s they self-released a series of CD-Rs before being picked up by sensible record labels like Sublime Frequencies and Glitterbeat. Somewhere along the line I acquired a job lot of those early recordings, possibly when I was in Trabzon in 2011 en route to sneaking into Georgia by bus (an irrelevant detail but added to fuel Rol's theory).
Here is one track apiece from "Hayvanlar Alemi Tatilde" and "Demolar 2007-2008" (both from 2008), "666" (2009) and "Visions Of A Psychedelic Ankara" (2010, reissued by Glitterbeat on 2015).
"Hayalgücü Spor Kulübü" - Hayvanlar Alemi
"8:15 Kargosu" - Hayvanlar Alemi
"Med Cezir" - Hayvanlar Alemi
"Monsoon Circus Dub" - Hayvanlar Alemi
On the subject of Turkish psychedelia, the slightly mellower but even more magnificent Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek have a new album called "Yarin Yoksa" coming out in March. Here they are with the first single from the album.
Derya and the gang will be touring the UK then to promote the album including London, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow - more details here. Unfortunately I'll be away when they are in London but I can thoroughly recommend them as a live act.