Ferdi Tayfur's fans pray and break down in tears: 'We are proud of you'
Fans of artist Ferdi Tayfur, who passed away at the hospital where he was receiving treatment in Antalya, both prayed and shed tears in front of the hospital.
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Arabesque music artist and composer Ferdi Tayfur, 79, who lived in the Marmaris district of Muğla, was taken to the hospital by ambulance on December 15 due to blood pressure issues.
Tayfur, who was taken into intensive care, was transferred to Antalya on December 17 at the request of his family and upon the advice of specialist doctors, first by air ambulance to the airport and then by air ambulance plane.
The master artist passed away in the evening at the hospital where he was being treated for organ failure.
Upon receiving the news of Tayfur's death, his fans flocked to the front of the hospital and recited the Fatiha for Ferdi Tayfur's soul.
Some of his fans played Tayfur's songs and shed tears for a long time.
A citizen named Ayşegül Can expressed her feelings by saying, "We are very sad; we have lost our childhood. I have goosebumps.
Losing Ferdi Tayfur killed our childhood. All our memories are gone. Such an artist will never come again. We have lost the artist of the century."
The crowd gathered in front of the hospital showed their love with slogans of, "We are proud of you, Ferdi Baba."