köken: Literally, “to dance to someone's piping” (in the sense of "playing a pipe instrument"), much like English dance to someone's tune, which means the same. Compare German nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen.
to dance to someone's tune (conform to someone's wishes, demands, views, or the like)
çekim: geçmiş dansade efter någons pipa
köken: From dansa (“dance”) + efter (“after (in accordance with, along with)”) + någons (“someone's”) + pipa (“pipe”). Compare German nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen.
köken: Probably from Aesop's story about a fisherman. Compare Swedish dansa efter någons pipa and Russian плясать под чужую дудку (pljasatʹ pod čužuju dudku). Compare also Dutch naar iemands pijpen dansen.