The songs on the EP TURKISH DELIGHTS are about naivety, desire, fusion, Islam, sensuality, and self-determination, but recent political events have given FERHAT's "delicate Turkish affairs'' a more serious turn: In a time marked by political and religious extremes and global crises, his songs become their own musical revolutions about love, freedom and civil disobedience. FERHAT's playful global pop becomes urgent and universal in a world where fake news, fear and prejudice are on the rise. Whether it's veiled women dancing in close embrace with guys in leather gear in the video for LET ME BE, government oppression in the clip for FATHER STATE, shot on the original set of Babylon Berlin, or FERHAT's bittersweet love affair with the Turkish metropolis in MY ISTANBUL - at the core, it's always about one thing: "I ask myself why I am not allowed to live out all facets of myself. Why can't I be everything I love? I want to call for understanding, reconciliation and peace, because we all belong together. We are human beings and should - even after incidents like the one in Hanau and everywhere in the world - we should be allowed to move closer together again and simply love each other." His new single PEHLIVAN doesn't mince words either: With beautiful, half-naked bodies and a minimalistic beat, PEHLIVAN perfectly sums up the TURKISH DELIGHTS FERHAT has to offer for the EP release.