You can find the official audio and music videos on major platforms: Serdar Ortaç – Bilsem Ki – CD (Album), 1999 [r2606251]
(If I Only Knew) is one of the most iconic slow ballads in Turkish pop history, performed and written by Serdar Ortaç . Released on October 21, 1999 , it served as the title track for his fourth studio album. Song Background & Meaning You can find the official audio and music
Bilsem Ki (1999), which features 12 tracks including other hits like "Asrın Hatası". In 2023, a new version was released featuring
In 2023, a new version was released featuring Mehmet Çevik with an arrangement by Berk Telkıvıran. Where to Listen Ortaç reportedly wrote the song during his high
The song is a heavy expression of despair, solitude, and eternal heartbreak . It describes a "hellish" existence without a loved one and the feeling that the pain of separation will never end.
Ortaç reportedly wrote the song during his high school years for a girl named Özlem . The lyrics were inspired by his heartbreak after she broke up with him following a boat trip to Büyükada.