APRIL 13, 2009
Sezen Aksu Celebrates Earth Day with Nat Geo
Turkish Pop Star Teams Up With Nat Geo To Produce Environmentally Conscious Video
In 2008 our National Geographic office in Istanbul teamed up with one of Turkey's biggest stars, Sezen Aksu, to produce a music video celebrating Earth Day. Aksu has sold over 40 million albums since her 1975 debut and is known as the "Queen of Turkish Pop." She liked the idea of supporting National Geographic's work around Earth Day and agreed to lend us her song "Dansoz Dunya," which in English means "Fickle World." We edited together natural images from National Geographic's video libraries and came up with this musical celebration of the planet.