Sille, an old Greek village in Turkey -(Rüzgâr-Wind)

penceremin perdesini havalandıran rüzgâr/του παραθυριού μου την κουρτίνα ανεμίζει ο αγέρας
denizleri köpük köpük dalgalandıran rüzgâr/της θάλασσας τον αφρό κυματίζει ο αγέρας
gir içeri usul usul beni bu dertten kurtar/μπες μέσα σιγά-σιγά και τη λύπη διώξε μου
yabancısın buralara nerelerden geliyorsun?/είσαι ξένος εδώ,από πού έρχεσαι;
otur dinlen başucuma belli ki çok yorulmuşsun/Κάθισε,ξεκουράσου στο μαξιλάρι,φαίνεσαι πολύ κουρασμένος
bana esmeyi anlat, bana sevmeyi anlat/για τον άνεμο,για την αγάπη πές μου
bana esmeyi anlat, esip geçmeyi anlat/κι αφού φυσήξεις πές μου και για τα παλιά
anlat ki çözülsün dilim ben rüzgârım demeliyim/πές μου πώς σβήνεις αργά κι εγώ θα σε πω αγέρα μου
rüzgârlığı anlat bana senin gibi esmeliyim/
bana esmeyi anlat bana sevmeyi anlat/bana esmeyi anlat esip geçmeyi anlat

Singer:Leman Sam

Αχ αγέρα π' ανεμίζεις του πελάγου τον αφρό Αχ αγέρα που θροΐζεις με του λύχνου μου το φως
Φύσα μέσα στην καρδιά μου σκόρπισε μου τον καημό Μάθε μου το φύσηγμά σου Πάρε με στο πέταγμά σου Το ξημέρωμα να μ'έβρει στην αιθέρια αγκαλιά σου

oh wind waving the foam of the open sea,oh wind whispering in the evening when my lantern shines.Blow inside my heart,scatter my sorrow.Teach me your blowing.Take me in your flying.
The daybreak may find me in your etherial arms

Ilhan Sesen+Vasiliki Papageorgiou (Rüzgâr bilingual video-song)

Sille is a small Turkish village, near the town of Konya.

Sille (it is pronounced like 'silli') was one of the few villages where the Cappadocian Greek language was spoken until 1922. It was inhabited by Greeks who had been living there in peaceful coexistence with the nearby Turks of Konya, for over 800 years.

The reason for this peaceful coexistence was the persian-seljuq,sufi-mystic Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, who was the witness of a miracle that happened at the nearby Orthodox Christian monastery of Saint Chariton. In the Turkish language the monastery is now called AkMonastir and is translated as, "White Monastery". Jalal al-Din Rumi constructed a small mosque inside the Saint Chariton monastery; he asked the Turks not to hurt the Greeks of the village, and assigned to the Greek villagers the task of cleaning his own tomb. The Turks respected Mevlana's commandment. Several firmans from the Sultan were send to Konya Turks, which reminded to them of their promise not to hurt the Sille villagers. The coexistence of Sille Greeks with the nearby Turks remained very peaceful, that is why the villagers managed to preserve for over eight centuries both their native Greek language and their Orthodox Christian religion.

In the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey (1923), Turkey and Greece decided to exchange population based on religion. After 1924, all Greek population left the village.

The monastery where the miracle took place, is now mostly demolished and since it is located in a military camp entrance is not allowed.