Cem Karaca's final secret... That truth revealed 21 years after his death
A letter written by master artist Cem Karaca, who passed away due to a heart attack in 2004, to his wife İlkim Karaca three years before his death has surfaced. In the letter written to his wife İlkim Karaca, Karaca stated that he felt his approaching end and bid farewell by saying, "Despite you, forget..."
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A truth about Cem Karaca, who captured hearts with songs such as Tamirci Çırağı, Ceviz Ağacı, and Sevda Kuşun Kanadında, has come to light 21 years after his death.
Master artist Cem Karaca lost his life on the morning of February 8, 2004, following a heart attack. However, it has been learned that the famous artist had been diagnosed with leukemia 3 years before his death and had not told anyone about this situation except for his wife, İlkim Karaca.
"I will die very soon"
According to the report in Sabah, Karaca wrote in a letter he penned for his wife three years before his death, "I will die very soon, I feel this. They will call the cause of my death leukemia."
In the short letter he wrote to his wife, Karaca used the following expressions:
"I will die very soon; this is not just a feeling, I know it. And they will call it leukemia... Stay well, live well, and forget me, despite you! Or don't forget... But my last two words to you are these: 1. Life is beautiful despite everything. 2. I loved you very much in this world."