Esmeray
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Esmeray Diriker was a Turkish
singer.
. In 1960, she dropped out of her last year of Emirgan Secondary School, to join the Istanbul community theatre, and performed on stage for the first time in a children's play. She continued to perform at the Istanbul community theatre until 1965. After that, she went on to performing at bigger, more noted theatres, beginning in Dün Gece Yolda Giderken Çok Komik Birşey Oldu (Last Night Something Really Funny Happened On The Streets) at the Dorman Theatre. She also performed in Avni Dilligil, Özlem, Özlem Taşdelenler, and Sezer Sezin theatres. She starred in her last theatrical production in 1974, alongside Muammer Karaca in (Mart Bakanı). She then moved on to cinematic productions, and the same year, starred in Sev Kardeşim and Zilli Nazife, also making a guest appearance in Unutama Beni.
Esmeray started singing as an amateur in a choir produced by Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi. She was the wife of Şemi Diriker (alias "Erol Tanır"), a Turkish composer. She returned to the theatre at Nedim Saban theatre in 1995 with Oscar. She performed in series of Alıştık Artık with Ayşegül Atik and Ali Atik in the first half of the 1990s and Reyting Hamdi with Hamdi Alkan from the second half of the 1990s until 2002. Her final performance was in Küçük Besleme as "Şule" in 2001.
She died of brain cancer in 2002.
Turkey
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singer.
Biography
Esmeray is of Afro-Turkish descent was born in the Emirgan district of IstanbulIstanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
. In 1960, she dropped out of her last year of Emirgan Secondary School, to join the Istanbul community theatre, and performed on stage for the first time in a children's play. She continued to perform at the Istanbul community theatre until 1965. After that, she went on to performing at bigger, more noted theatres, beginning in Dün Gece Yolda Giderken Çok Komik Birşey Oldu (Last Night Something Really Funny Happened On The Streets) at the Dorman Theatre. She also performed in Avni Dilligil, Özlem, Özlem Taşdelenler, and Sezer Sezin theatres. She starred in her last theatrical production in 1974, alongside Muammer Karaca in (Mart Bakanı). She then moved on to cinematic productions, and the same year, starred in Sev Kardeşim and Zilli Nazife, also making a guest appearance in Unutama Beni.
Esmeray started singing as an amateur in a choir produced by Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi. She was the wife of Şemi Diriker (alias "Erol Tanır"), a Turkish composer. She returned to the theatre at Nedim Saban theatre in 1995 with Oscar. She performed in series of Alıştık Artık with Ayşegül Atik and Ali Atik in the first half of the 1990s and Reyting Hamdi with Hamdi Alkan from the second half of the 1990s until 2002. Her final performance was in Küçük Besleme as "Şule" in 2001.
She died of brain cancer in 2002.
45rpm
- 100 Kere 1000 Kere - Sen (1973)
- Unutama Beni - Ayrılık Olsa Bile (1974)
- Elveda Yavrularım - İlk Muhabbet (1975)
- Antalya'ya Koş - Antalya'ya Koş (Enstrümantal) (1975) (with Ali Kocatepe, İlhan İrem, Seyyal TanerSeyyal TanerSeyyal Taner is a Turkish singer and actress.Although famed for her music, Taner started her career as an actress with appearances in around 40 films....
and Gökben) - Soruyor Musun? - Garip Aman (1975)
- 13, 5 - Büyümsün (1975)
- Oylum Oylum - Bir Gün Gelecek (1976)
- Gel Tezkere Gel - Yollara Düştüm (1977)
- Yollar Yollar - Lanet (1977)
- İnsanız Biz (1978) (with Ertan Anapa, Funda Anapa, İskender Doğan, Kerem YılmazerKerem YilmazerMuhittin Kerem Yılmazer was a Turkish actor and singer who was killed in a terrorist car bombing in Istanbul.-External links:...
and Melike Demirağ)
LPs and other albums
- Yayınlanamaz (1976)
- Yaz Romancı (1977)
- Oğlum (1980)
- Süpriz 81 (1981)
- Kağıt Mendil (1993)
- Eski Dostlar (2000)
- Unutama Beni (2003, after her death)
- Askerin Türküsü (2008, after her death)