Kesmeşeker

Kesmeşeker (meaning sugarcube) is a Turkish rock band, founded around 1990 by Cenk Taner (vocals, guitar), Belen Ünal (guitar), Tayfun Çağlar (vocals, bass), and Melih Rona (drums).

Kesmeşeker
Origin	Turkey
Genres	Rock
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Ada Müzik, Ece Müzik
Members	Cenk Taner (vocals, guitar) Kaan Altan (guitar) Mehmet Şenol Şişli (bass) Timur Kurşunoğlu (drums)
Past members	Belen Ünal (guitar) Tayfun Çağlar (vocals, bass) Melih Rona (drums) Serdar Öztop (guitar) Demirhan Baylan (vocals, bass) Cem Güvener (drums) Can Alper (guitar) Batur Yurtsever (vocals, bass) Sezen Köroğlu (keyboard) Hüseyin Cebeci (drums) Kerem Akaydın (vocals) Tansu Kızılırmak (vocals, bass) Murat Başlamışlı (drums) Tayfun Çağlar (vocals) Emre Sarıtunalılar (drums)
Website	kesmeseker.org

History

After bass guitarist Mehmet Şenol Şişli left Mavi Sakal in 2000, by 2006 he performed with Kesmeşeker. He re-joined Kargo in 2009. He has also published two poetry books named Şua and Bahar Artıkları and one music demo Köpekleri Saymazsan. He wrote all of the lyrics in the Kargo album, Yalnızlık Mevsimi, which is counted as a milestone in Turkish rock music. He wrote most of the lyrics of Kargo's songs.^[1]

After 20 years and eight recorded albums, only Cenk Taner of the founding members still continues to perform with the band.

Albums

• 1991 Dipten ve Derinden
• 1993 Aşk ve Para
• 1995 Tut Beni Düşmeden
• 1998 İnsülin
• 1999 İçinde İçindekiler Vardır
• 2001 İzin Vermedi Yalnızlık (Cenk Taner)
• 2004 Kum
• 2011 Doğdum Ben Memlekette
• 2013 Yoldan Çıkmış Şarkılar (Cenk Taner)
• 2017 Kadıköy