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(Born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer,
songwriter and composer. With her coloratura
soprano voice, she started working as a backing
vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she
released her first studio album in the 1990s.
Because of her education in classical music, she
initially had difficulties in performing pop music.
Although she did experimental works from time to
time, she eventually preferred to focus on making
pop music instead of making avant-garde works,
in order to make her music heard by a larger
audience. In some of her works, she combined
Western music and Eastern music, and benefited
from operas as well as classical Turkish
music together with ethnic elements. She won first
place with 167 points with the song
‘EveryWayThat I Can’ in Eurovision Song Contest
and many of her works were also sold in Turkey
as well as European countries.
Tarkan ,who is the most well-known Turkish pop
singer in the world, is mostly know for his song
‘Kiss Kiss’. Even today, you can come across the
song ‘Kiss Kiss’ which is played all over the world
Tarkan is undisputedly one of the Turkey’ s
greatest representatives, with far reaching success
throughout Europe, Russia, Turkic Republics,
Middle East, South America and Australia.He is a
World Music Award winning artist who has sold
over 15 million records and charted top 40 singles
for every hit released from 1992 to the present day.
Tarkan’s lasting impression is undeniable – as both
he and his music have been woven into the rich
and intricate fabric of Turkish culture. His music
has always flowed to the beat of pop culture with
his heart drumming to its ever-changing pulse.
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