Ümit Yılbar (1966,

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- 25 September 1993, Bağgöze,

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) was a Turkish musician and guitarist. Yılbar, one of the guitarists of Pentagram, one of Turkey's famous heavy metal bands, voluntarily became a commando while performing his military service as a sub-lieutenant, and died at the age of 27 during a conflict with the

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in an operation he participated in on 25 September 1993. His body is in Edirnekapı Martyrdom. In memory of Yılbar, who was also the guitar teacher of

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from the

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, Athena band dedicated the album ''One Last Breath'' and

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band dedicated the song Fly Forever from their second album Trail Blazer to him. A street was named after him in

, where he was born and raised, to keep his memory alive. A poem that Ümit Yılbar wrote 11 days before his martyrdom is still remembered. Here are the words of the poem written by Yılbar: I didn't know that the mountains were this steep,
I didn't know that the nights were this long,
I didn't know that time passed so slowly,
But I knew the love of the homeland inside me,
I knew the love inside me.
Do you want my blood, my land,
or my corpse?
As long as you're thirsty,
I'll be your water,
I'm like a crazy dog on a leash
They don't let me go,
Don't they know? I am a Turkish child,
Let me go to die,
I created this head on the road.
Even if a stone falls on my head,
My friend, I won't give up on this road, .
Let seven heifers come, I will crush them all.

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Ümit Yılbar Biography

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Turkish guitarists 1966 births 1993 deaths 20th-century guitarists Turkish male guitarists Turkish heavy metal guitarists Mezarkabul members Assassinated Turkish people Terrorism deaths in Turkey Turkish terrorism victims {{Turkey-musician-stub