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In 1978, Müslüm was in a horrific car accident. He was pulled from the wreckage and assumed dead, even being taken to the morgue before a doctor noticed he was still breathing. He survived but lived the rest of his life with a metal plate in his skull, impaired hearing, and a loss of smell.

His personal life was shadowed by extreme violence; his brother was murdered, and his father murdered his mother—a trauma that left him "silent and resentful" for years. Muslum Gurses Ates Donar Su Yanar

The lyrics, written by and composed by Uğur Bayar , use powerful metaphors to describe a longing ( hasret ) so deep that it breaks the laws of nature: "Fire freezes, water burns, if it were in my place..." In 1978, Müslüm was in a horrific car accident