Mahir Çağrı (IPApron.: or [ma-heer chah-ruh]), a resident of İzmir, Turkey born in 1962, became an Internetcelebrity in 1999. His picture-laden personal homepage, which exclaimed in broken English his love of the accordion and travel, was visited by millions and spawned numerous fansites and parodies, one featured on Fox's MadTV (season 4, episode 20). He was also repeatedly parodied in 1999 episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman wearing red Speedos and playing Ping Pong. Mahir was ranked #2 in CNET's Top 10 Web fads (July 152005). [1] The site was also included in PC Magazine's "The 25 Worst Web Sites" list (September 152006). [2] Mahir claimed in various interviews that his personal webpage was hacked, with additions such as "I like sex" embedded into his webpage. The site was originally hosted on the now defunct XOOMweb hosting service which advertised Mahir on their front page during the mania.
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