Since the 17th century Western interest in the Middle East, Islamic lands and peoples was often one of projected imagination and romantic depiction of Turks,

The past is a foreign country, people do things differently there … – L.P Hartley, The Go-Between In the 1950's and 1960's the overgrowing popularity

Exir, Iranian band in Germany Parvis Djusdani – drums Omid Djahedi – guitar Parmin Farahani – bass, vocals Doris Mayer – keyboard Sample songs *