In January 2005 , Erener performed at a fundraising concert for people who lost their homes at the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami . The proceeds from this concert , which were estimated to be around 126,000 , were used to provide medical aid for the injured . Erener herself took the proceeds to Sri Lanka in February and described the experience as " the biggest disaster I 've seen since the day I was born " . In May , after eight months of preparations , her seventh studio album '' Aşk Ölmez '' was released by the label Simya Müzik . It topped D&R 's List of Best-Selling Albums and sold 160,000 copies , with the songs " Aşk Ölmez , Biz Ölürüz " , " Satılık Kalpler Şehri " and " Kim Haklıysa " turned into music videos . Music critics found the album intimate and unpretentious . In August , Erener performed the Independence March at the Turkish Grand Prix . In October , she performed at the '' Congratulations : 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest '' to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest 's fiftieth anniversary . Her song " Everyway That I Can " was determined to be the Contest 's ninth most popular entrant of its fifty years . In the same year , the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Turkey , released the textbook " They succeeded " for the fourth grade social studies and Erener was named in the book as the person who " won the first place for our country at the Eurovision contest for the first time "
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Sertab Erener