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It was the fall of 2009.
While the leaves fall from the trees, nature was preparing herself for winter.
A group of musicians, at the same time, came together under the leadership of Fırat Çavaş.
"Like a delirious lover" they started their journey and played for nature.
- The project was born on October 3rd, 2009.
Actually it is an adaptation of the international "Playing For Change" project.
They started this project in 2008.
I really liked the idea and
sent them an e-mail saying that I wanted to adopt the same project in Turkey.
They replied very positively and my idea made them happy.
We have a similar concept but there is not an organic relation between us.
That is how we started the project of Agaclar.net.
We have completed 4 projects so far. We have received many applications from musicians.
In three years 19 thousand people have applied to take part in the fifth project of "Play For Nature" (the Turkish name of the project).
The first song was "Like a delirious lover" in which 45 musicians participated.
The second one was "On a long and narrow road" and 91 musicians participated.
In the third one 106 people sang and played their instruments.
The fourth one was a combination of some Turkish soundtracks composed by Cahit Berkay.
76 musicians sang and played famous Turkish soundtracks for that project.
Our purpose is to raise awareness and that means to be like a pointer finger and lead people.
When people watch our videos, we try to direct their attention to the organizations working to preserve nature.
Actually we want to be both a mirror and a pointer finger.
People assume we are an NGO. But we are not.
The best thing we can do is music and we are using it to raise awareness.
The fourth video of the "Play For Nature" project has been viewed by 2 million 200 thousand people on YouTube in only five months.
When we think that there are also other people uploading our videos.
These numbers are very successful. 123.000 people liked our Facebook page. That means we are raising awareness.
If there is any news to be shared about nature,
we can share it with 123.000 people at that moment.
We convened those that are interested in nature.
When there is a problem related to nature, people share it with us and then we share it via Facebook and Twitter.
Even this example shows how appropriate and effective the purpose of this project is.
In the times when nature is not constantly making headlines
in the news or elsewhere,
these musicians put the nature at the beginning of their sentences.
While people always steal from nature,
they have made a difference by playing for it.