Labirent (

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in English) is a

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formed in

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, in 1987. In the early period of rock music in Turkey, when the style was considered strange, Serhat Koçak and Yavuz Selim Sarıcı founded Labirent and introduced progressive rock to the Turkish music market. In 1992, guitarist Volkan Unluer joined the band, creating its present shape. They achieved success in 1997 with their first album ''Çağın Harikası'' ("Miracle of the Century"). They made a

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“which was a first in Turkey” performing with a Gazi University Symphony

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on the Turkish National TV Channel TRT. As of 2011 the band members were pursuing solo projects.

Band members

* Vocals: Serhat Koçak * Keyboards: Yavuz Selim * Guitars: Volkan Ünlüer * Bass: Tolga Tecer * Drums: Levent Ünal Former Members * Levent Atici * Gurcan Konanc * Emin Guven * Koray Ozturk * Fethi Okutan

Music

Labirent’s songs themes are mostly freedom,

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, life and

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. Labirent is the only band in Turkey that has song expressing and concerning Atatürk. The band’s aim is to present an artistic perspective for the improvement of their community. Labirent are working on combining their members’ music and artistic projects as a “Triple Project of Labirent” concept to make another first in Turkish Rock Music History.{{citation needed, date=December 2011 Turkish progressive rock groups Turkish heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1987 Symphonic metal musical groups Turkish musical quintets Progressive metal musical groups Musical groups from Ankara