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The first rap vinyl to be recorded in the Turkish language was ' Bir Yabancının Hayatı ' (' The Life of the Stranger '), by the Nuremberg, Germany crew King Size Terror.

As the title of this track suggests, immigration of Turks around the world, especially Germany, was difficult to cope with.

This was due to the almost 2 million Turks in Germany, half of whom were between the ages of 25 and 45.

As a result of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the early 1990s a refreshed form of nationalism paved the way for a new youth culture-hip hop.

Since Turks felt very marginalized by German society, they turned to hip hop in order to express their concerns.

This oriental hip hop allowed Turkish youngsters to discuss what it meant to them to be a German foreigner and how they still identified as being Turkish.

As a result of this following, groups such as Karakon, an offspring of King Size Terror, reached super stardom as a result of the release of Cartel in Germany in 1995.

Cartel was targeted directly to German Turkish youth to be used as a musical lobby for thousands of kids who needed a voice through which they could express the discrimination they have faced in German society.

This voice is that of Oriental Hip Hop.