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  "slug": "cem-karaca",
  "name": "Cem Karaca",
  "description": "Cem Karaca appears once in our Anadolu Rock list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/cem-karaca/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1977,
    "last": 1977
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Anadolu Rock"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "anadolu-rock",
      "name": "Anadolu Rock",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/anadolu-rock/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "cem-karaca--yuh-yuh",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/cem-karaca--yuh-yuh/",
      "title": "Yuh Yuh",
      "year": 1977,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Karaca sang about workers, migration and hunger until the 1980 coup made Turkey too dangerous for him and he left. The voice is enormous and entirely unornamented.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Cem%20Karaca%20Yuh%20Yuh",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEQOzqGLkE",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "anadolu-rock",
        "name": "Anadolu Rock",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/anadolu-rock/"
      },
      "artist": "Cem Karaca"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}