Isin Karaca
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Işın
began her musical career as vocalist for Sezen Aksu
. In 1997, she performed songs in the Turkish translation of Disney's Hercules' Soundtrack. She also performed the Turkish translations of this album. In 1999 she became the lead vocalist of the musical group "Panic Attack", but the group separated before releasing any albums. In 2000 she competed for Turkey on Eurovision Song Contest
's pre-eliminations with "Bir Kırık Sevda". She didn't pass pre-eliminations for Eurovision but she represented Turkey in the OGAE Second Chance Contest
and became 7th with 104 points. One year later she tried again with "Kaderimsin", but again she wasn't selected to represent Turkey for Eurovision. In OGAE Second Chance Contest, "Kaderimsin" became 14th with 52 points. She also appeared in Sezen Aksu's music videos "Oh oh" and "Allahın Varsa". In 2000 she was featured in "Geçmişe Yolculuk" from Fresh B's "Gerçek Kal" album. Until 2001 she continued working as back vocalist of Sezen Aksu. She also modeled for the XL fashion company "Sumak"'s Fall-Winter catalog in 2004–2005. She and her brother Akın Büyükkaraca own a musical production company: Akış Production.
In 2009 November, she modeled for Adil Işık's 2009–2010 Fall-Winter catalogue "Love My Body" collection. The photoshoot was shot by famous Turkish photographer Serkan Şedele.
(My Native Language is Love), in 2001 on the label "Power Records". Most of the songs on this album were written by Sezen Aksu, and two of them have lyrics by Ali İlyas. She made a great success with this album, becoming popular all over Turkey. Her first single Tutunamadım and second single Başka Bahar became hits. The video for the third single "Aramıza Yollar" was shot by Waleed Nassif. This video was the first High Definition
video in Turkey. Famous Turkish actor Toprak Sergen also appears in this video. There's a video shot for "Doğum Günün Kutlu Olsun Oğlum", but this video was never aired due to conflicts with her music company. First release of this album sold-out quickly and they re-released with an addition of "Tutunamadım (remix)" in 2001. This version also sold-out quickly, and in 2006 it was re-released with "Seyhan Müzik" label. After the first album was released, she contributed to several albums like Selmi Andak's "Uluslararası Ödüllü Selmi Andak Şarkıları", Hakkı Yalçın's "O Şarkılar
", Alpay's "Sessiz Kalma" and collection of "Yeni Türkiye Coşku Dolu". She performed a song in soundtrack album of Ezel Akay
's movie Where's Firuze?
. She also starred in this movie as guest star. In 2004 she formed a group named "Masalcılar [Storytellers]" with Erdem Yörük, Eda Özülkü and Metin Özülkü. They made their first album called "Masalcılar I" in which they tell stories to children. The group intended to make a series of albums like this and they credited this inside the cover of the album, but they never released another project.
(There's Love Inside). She worked with different writers like Aysel Gürel, Suat Suna, Ümit Sayın. She also wrote a song in this album. This album has only one song written by Sezen Aksu. First video Yetinmeyi Bilir misin? becomes a hit. Second video "Bekleyelim de Görelim" also made a great success. The last video came to a Sezen Aksu cover "Hoşgörü".
In 2006 she contributed in Mehmet Tokat's poetry album "İnadına Seveceğim". Then she performed "Ben Sana Vurgunum" for Ali Kocatepe's tribute album "41 Kere Maşallah" which was a celebration of Ali Kocatepe's 41st year as an artist. She performed "Eski Bir Resim" in rap-singer Ogeday's album "Mecburi İstikamet". She also contributed in charity album "Yaşasın Okulumuz" which aims to make schools or improve the conditions of them, mostly in sub-urban areas.
In 2007 she performed "The Final Countdown" in Dolapdere Big Gang's Just Feel. This is the first song performed in English by Işın Karaca in an official recording.
In 2008 she was featured in Ogeday
's Maxi Single
. They performed "Eski Bir Resim" in RnB
, Electribe
, House
, Reggaeton
and Electronic
style. In June, she performed cover of Esmeray
's hit "Unutama Beni" for the theme song of ATV
's "Elif" TV series.
, Erdem Yörük, Erol Temizel and Zeki Güner on the album. She is also a songwriter for several songs in the album.
, Fikret Kuşkan, etc. She made a great performance with her role "Marika" although it's her first career movie.
She was to act in "Herşeyin Bittiği Yerden" directed by Turkish film director and actor Ezel Akay, where she co-starred with Okan Bayülgen
. The movie is about 1999 İzmit earthquake
. The film was scheduled to be released on January 2009, however it was cancelled due to financial problems.
. In the show she hosted several popular Turkish singers and actors every week. In 2007 she and Vatan Şaşmaz hosted "Kadın Her Yaşta Güzeldir" which was a beauty contest between mothers. In 2007 she also became the musical coach of Vatan Şaşmaz in "Şarkı Söylemek Lazım", in which popular non-singer celebrities sing songs for the show. They became very successful that they come 4th out of 12 contestants. In mid-2007 she begins hosting a musical show "Haydi Söyle" in channel Turkmax.
. On 3 July 2005 she gave a charity concert and donated the income to the school. On 19 April 2006 she opened the library, which was named after her.
In 2006 she contributed in Yaşasın Okulumuz
project, which aims to make schools or improve the conditions of them, mostly in sub-urban areas. She sung the theme song with other artists and gave one of her songs "Sen" to be included in the album made for the project. She also joined the charity night aired on Show TV
, where she and other voluntary artists answered calls for donations.
In April 2008, she contributed in charity album "Gel Sende Katıl Umudun Şarkısına" (Come, join the song of hope), a song made for "KACUV" (Foundation of Hope for Kids with Cancer). This project aims to build hygienic houses to be used for treatment of kids who had cancer.
In 2009, she and Sedat Doğan started a project named "Doğudan Doğan Işık" (The light that sets from east). It is an exhibition, which aims renewal of village schools in Turkey. They started their first photoshoot in Mardin
.
In 2005 she announced that she was writing a book. Later she told that it is a diet book named "Büyümek İçin Küçülmek Lazım" (Need to get smaller to grow) and will be published when she is 36 in size. The book is about her memories while losing weight, and there will be also tips about diet recipes.
In 2008 she became columnist of http://www.2kadin.com website and has been writing since 18 June 2008. Her columns are about relationships, and her target audience is women.
Işın
Işın is a common Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Işın" means "beam ", "ray ", and "gleam".-People:* Işın Karaca, Turkish pop music singer.* Işın Beril Tetik, Turkish fiction author writing fantastic and horror prose....
began her musical career as vocalist for Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
. In 1997, she performed songs in the Turkish translation of Disney's Hercules' Soundtrack. She also performed the Turkish translations of this album. In 1999 she became the lead vocalist of the musical group "Panic Attack", but the group separated before releasing any albums. In 2000 she competed for Turkey on Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
's pre-eliminations with "Bir Kırık Sevda". She didn't pass pre-eliminations for Eurovision but she represented Turkey in the OGAE Second Chance Contest
OGAE Second Chance Contest
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a video event organised between branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest.Each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection to compete in the annual Eurovision Song Contest...
and became 7th with 104 points. One year later she tried again with "Kaderimsin", but again she wasn't selected to represent Turkey for Eurovision. In OGAE Second Chance Contest, "Kaderimsin" became 14th with 52 points. She also appeared in Sezen Aksu's music videos "Oh oh" and "Allahın Varsa". In 2000 she was featured in "Geçmişe Yolculuk" from Fresh B's "Gerçek Kal" album. Until 2001 she continued working as back vocalist of Sezen Aksu. She also modeled for the XL fashion company "Sumak"'s Fall-Winter catalog in 2004–2005. She and her brother Akın Büyükkaraca own a musical production company: Akış Production.
In 2009 November, she modeled for Adil Işık's 2009–2010 Fall-Winter catalogue "Love My Body" collection. The photoshoot was shot by famous Turkish photographer Serkan Şedele.
Anadilim Aşk (2001)
She released her debut album, Anadilim AşkAnadilim Ask
Anadilim Aşk is Işın Karaca's debut album, it was released at 2001 with Power Records label. All the songs are written by Sezen Aksu, except two of them co-written by Ali İlyas and Sezen Aksu. The first video became "Tutunamadım". The second video is shot for "Başka Bahar", which become very...
(My Native Language is Love), in 2001 on the label "Power Records". Most of the songs on this album were written by Sezen Aksu, and two of them have lyrics by Ali İlyas. She made a great success with this album, becoming popular all over Turkey. Her first single Tutunamadım and second single Başka Bahar became hits. The video for the third single "Aramıza Yollar" was shot by Waleed Nassif. This video was the first High Definition
High-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
video in Turkey. Famous Turkish actor Toprak Sergen also appears in this video. There's a video shot for "Doğum Günün Kutlu Olsun Oğlum", but this video was never aired due to conflicts with her music company. First release of this album sold-out quickly and they re-released with an addition of "Tutunamadım (remix)" in 2001. This version also sold-out quickly, and in 2006 it was re-released with "Seyhan Müzik" label. After the first album was released, she contributed to several albums like Selmi Andak's "Uluslararası Ödüllü Selmi Andak Şarkıları", Hakkı Yalçın's "O Şarkılar
O Sarkilar
O Şarkılar... Hakkı Yalçın Şarkıları is a collection of songs written by Hakkı Yalçın. As his retirement as a lyricist and journalist, Hakkı Yalçın released this special album which contains some lyrics he wrote during his musical career. Every song is performed by a different Turkish artist...
", Alpay's "Sessiz Kalma" and collection of "Yeni Türkiye Coşku Dolu". She performed a song in soundtrack album of Ezel Akay
Ezel Akay
Ezel Akay is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.-Life and work:After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Bosporus University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University....
's movie Where's Firuze?
Where's Firuze?
Where's Firuze? is a 2004 Turkish musical comedy film directed by Ezel Akay and written by Levent Kazak.-Plot:...
. She also starred in this movie as guest star. In 2004 she formed a group named "Masalcılar [Storytellers]" with Erdem Yörük, Eda Özülkü and Metin Özülkü. They made their first album called "Masalcılar I" in which they tell stories to children. The group intended to make a series of albums like this and they credited this inside the cover of the album, but they never released another project.
İçinde Aşk Var (2004)
At 2004, She released her second album, İçinde Aşk VarIçinde Ask Var
İçinde Aşk Var is Işın Karaca's second solo album which was released on 16 December 2004. There's also a song written by herself in the album. Other writers are: Sezen Aksu, Aysel Gürel, Suat Suna, Ümit Sayın, etc....
(There's Love Inside). She worked with different writers like Aysel Gürel, Suat Suna, Ümit Sayın. She also wrote a song in this album. This album has only one song written by Sezen Aksu. First video Yetinmeyi Bilir misin? becomes a hit. Second video "Bekleyelim de Görelim" also made a great success. The last video came to a Sezen Aksu cover "Hoşgörü".
In 2006 she contributed in Mehmet Tokat's poetry album "İnadına Seveceğim". Then she performed "Ben Sana Vurgunum" for Ali Kocatepe's tribute album "41 Kere Maşallah" which was a celebration of Ali Kocatepe's 41st year as an artist. She performed "Eski Bir Resim" in rap-singer Ogeday's album "Mecburi İstikamet". She also contributed in charity album "Yaşasın Okulumuz" which aims to make schools or improve the conditions of them, mostly in sub-urban areas.
Başka 33/3 (2006)
In 2006 she released her third solo album, 33/3 Başka (Different). She worked with Alper Narman and Fettah Can on this album. She wrote a song for this album too. There are no Sezen Aksu songs in this album. First video Mandalinalar becomes a hit. Second video came to "Kalp Tanrıya Emanet". Third video became "Bırakma".In 2007 she performed "The Final Countdown" in Dolapdere Big Gang's Just Feel. This is the first song performed in English by Işın Karaca in an official recording.
In 2008 she was featured in Ogeday
Ogeday
Ogeday is a Turkish rap singer. He worked with several Turkish musicians like Zara and Işın Karaca. He released two studio albums and a maxi single.-Musical career:...
's Maxi Single
Maxi Single (Ogeday & Isin Karaca album)
Maxi Single, is remix single of Turkish rapper Ogeday featuring Işın Karaca. They perform remixes of "Eski Bir Resim" which they previously sung together in Ogeday's Mecburi İstikamet album...
. They performed "Eski Bir Resim" in RnB
RNB
RNB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* Nankai Broadcasting – , a broadcasting station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan* Rhythm and blues* Contemporary R&B* Russian National Library...
, Electribe
Electribe
Electribe is the name given to a group of electronic musical instruments by Korg. From its beginnings with the Electribe R to the ESX-1, this series includes both analogue modeling synthesizers and sampling drum machines that can be programmed the same as a drum machine...
, House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, Reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
and Electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
style. In June, she performed cover of Esmeray
Esmeray
Esmeray Diriker was a Turkish singer.-Biography:Esmeray is of Afro-Turkish descent was born in the Emirgan district of Istanbul. 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...
's hit "Unutama Beni" for the theme song of ATV
ATV Turkey
atv is a nationwide TV channel in Turkey, founded in 1993. atv is one of the most widely watched TV channels in Turkey. atv is an acronym of Actual Television.Since 2007 atv is owned by Çalık Holding.- Shows :News Programming* atv Ana Haber...
's "Elif" TV series.
Uyanış (2009)
Işın Karaca's fourth studio album,"Uyanış", was released on 29 May 2009. She worked with Sibel AlaşSibel Alas
Sibel Alaş is a Turkish pop music singer. She was born in February 13, 1973 in İzmit. She graduated from American Culture and Literature Department in İstanbul University. Her first hit was 'Adam' from her album of the same name in 1995. She was both vocalist and dancer of Yonca Evcimik before...
, Erdem Yörük, Erol Temizel and Zeki Güner on the album. She is also a songwriter for several songs in the album.
Acting career
She had a leading role in a movie called "Sen Ne Dilersen" (International English title:Whatever You Wish) directed by Cem Başeskioglu. The movie has very talented actors like Işık Yenersu, Zeynep Eronat, Yıldız KenterYildiz Kenter
Yıldız Kenter is a famous Turkish actress and lecturer of English and Turkish descent. - Filmography :* Vatan İçin * Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür * Anneler ve Kızları * Pembe Kadın...
, Fikret Kuşkan, etc. She made a great performance with her role "Marika" although it's her first career movie.
She was to act in "Herşeyin Bittiği Yerden" directed by Turkish film director and actor Ezel Akay, where she co-starred with Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer.-Biography:Bayülgen was born on March 23, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of a lawyer father and a painter mother....
. The movie is about 1999 İzmit earthquake
1999 Izmit earthquake
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:02am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless...
. The film was scheduled to be released on January 2009, however it was cancelled due to financial problems.
Television
In 2005 she hosted a musical program called "Işın Show" in channel ATVATV Turkey
atv is a nationwide TV channel in Turkey, founded in 1993. atv is one of the most widely watched TV channels in Turkey. atv is an acronym of Actual Television.Since 2007 atv is owned by Çalık Holding.- Shows :News Programming* atv Ana Haber...
. In the show she hosted several popular Turkish singers and actors every week. In 2007 she and Vatan Şaşmaz hosted "Kadın Her Yaşta Güzeldir" which was a beauty contest between mothers. In 2007 she also became the musical coach of Vatan Şaşmaz in "Şarkı Söylemek Lazım", in which popular non-singer celebrities sing songs for the show. They became very successful that they come 4th out of 12 contestants. In mid-2007 she begins hosting a musical show "Haydi Söyle" in channel Turkmax.
Philanthropy
In 2005, she rebuilt the library of "Gölcük Kız Meslek High School" which was damaged in 1999 İzmit earthquake1999 Izmit earthquake
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:02am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless...
. On 3 July 2005 she gave a charity concert and donated the income to the school. On 19 April 2006 she opened the library, which was named after her.
In 2006 she contributed in Yaşasın Okulumuz
Yasasin Okulumuz (album)
Yaşasın Okulumuz , is a charity album. It was produced for TOÇEV's campaign which aims to make schools or improve the conditions of them, mostly in sub-urban areas. The song "Daha Dün Gibi" is written by Ahmet Özden and performed by Burcu Güneş, Fatih Erkoç, Işın Karaca, Özcan Deniz and Yavuz...
project, which aims to make schools or improve the conditions of them, mostly in sub-urban areas. She sung the theme song with other artists and gave one of her songs "Sen" to be included in the album made for the project. She also joined the charity night aired on Show TV
Show TV
SHOW TV is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and...
, where she and other voluntary artists answered calls for donations.
In April 2008, she contributed in charity album "Gel Sende Katıl Umudun Şarkısına" (Come, join the song of hope), a song made for "KACUV" (Foundation of Hope for Kids with Cancer). This project aims to build hygienic houses to be used for treatment of kids who had cancer.
In 2009, she and Sedat Doğan started a project named "Doğudan Doğan Işık" (The light that sets from east). It is an exhibition, which aims renewal of village schools in Turkey. They started their first photoshoot in Mardin
Mardin
Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arabic-like architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.-History:...
.
Authorship
As of 2 March 2005 she was writing a blog named "Kaleminden" (From her pen) on her official website, that is mainly about news of her works but occasionally contains her point of view on daily events. The articles sometimes concern about global awarenesses or national problems with a wide range of interests from politics to music industry. She currently had written 66 articles.In 2005 she announced that she was writing a book. Later she told that it is a diet book named "Büyümek İçin Küçülmek Lazım" (Need to get smaller to grow) and will be published when she is 36 in size. The book is about her memories while losing weight, and there will be also tips about diet recipes.
In 2008 she became columnist of http://www.2kadin.com website and has been writing since 18 June 2008. Her columns are about relationships, and her target audience is women.
Albums
- Anadilim AşkAnadilim AskAnadilim Aşk is Işın Karaca's debut album, it was released at 2001 with Power Records label. All the songs are written by Sezen Aksu, except two of them co-written by Ali İlyas and Sezen Aksu. The first video became "Tutunamadım". The second video is shot for "Başka Bahar", which become very...
[My Native Language is Love] (28 November 2001) - İçinde Aşk VarIçinde Ask Varİçinde Aşk Var is Işın Karaca's second solo album which was released on 16 December 2004. There's also a song written by herself in the album. Other writers are: Sezen Aksu, Aysel Gürel, Suat Suna, Ümit Sayın, etc....
[There's Love Inside] (16 December 2004) - Başka 33/3Baska 33/3Başka 33/3 is Işın Karaca's third solo album. "Başka 33/3" was released on 19 June 2006. In this album, the song written by herself and Erdem Yörük "Herşeye Rağmen" is quite different. With this album we meet a new song writer: Yasemin Pulat.The first video is taken to 'Mandalinalar'. The second...
[Different] (19 June 2006) - Uyanış [Awakening] (29 May 2009)
- Arabesque: Geçmiş, Geçmemiş Hiç...Arabesque: Geçmiş, Geçmemiş Hiç...Arabesque: Geçmiş, Geçmemiş Hiç... is the fifth studio album of Cypriot-Turkish singer Işın Karaca released on April 22, 2010. It features arabesque music style. Album includes Kibariye's hit song "Kim Bilir". Selami Şahin becomes Karaca's vocal coach for this album to help her sing in arabesque...
[Arabesque: Past, has never passed...] (22 April 2010) - Arabesque II: Geçmiş Bize Yakışıyor [Arabesque II: Past suits us] (June 2011)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Where's Firuze? Where's Firuze? Where's Firuze? is a 2004 Turkish musical comedy film directed by Ezel Akay and written by Levent Kazak.-Plot:... (Turkish: Neredesin Firuze) |
herself | guest singer | Film |
| 2005 | Sen Ne Dilersen Sen Ne Dilersen Sen Ne Dilersen is a drama movie directed by Cem Başekioğlu. It was the director's debut full-length movie, as well as Işın Karaca's debut leading role, a Turkish pop singer. Famous actors like Fikret Kuşkan and Yıldız Kenter starred in the film... (int. title: Whatever You Wish) |
Marika | First movie | |
| Işın Show | Host | Musical show, aired for 7 episodes | TV Show | |
| Haziran Gecesi Haziran Gecesi Haziran Gecesi is a Turkish romantic drama television series that was shown in Kanal D. It started in 2004 and had 62 episodes. The main actors were played by Özcan Deniz , Naz Elmas and Burcu Kara... |
herself | 17th episode, guest singer | TV Series | |
| 2007 | Kadın Her Yaşta Güzeldir | Co-host | with Vatan Şaşmaz | TV Show |
| Şarkı Söylemek Lazım | Contestant | Vocal coach of Vatan Şaşmaz, they became 4th. | ||
| Haydi Söyle | Host | Musical contest | ||
| 2009 | Altın Kızlar | Nurse Binnaz | 4th episode, guest actress in Turkish adaption of The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida... |
TV Series |
| 2010 | Gelecekten Bir Gün | Filiz | guest actress | Film |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Contest | Category | result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Altın Güvercin Music Contest | Best Performer | Won |
| 2000 | Altın Güvercin Music Contest | Best Performer | Won |
| 2002 | Kral TV Video and Music Awards | Best New Female Artist | Nominated |
| 2005 | Kral TV Video and Music Awards | Best Pop Female Artist | Nominated |
| 2006 | İstanbul Fm Gold Awards Ceremony | Best Pop Female Artist | Won |
| 2010 | İstanbul Fm Gold Awards Ceremony | Best concept album (Female) for "Arabesque" |
Won |
See also
- Sezen AksuSezen AksuSezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
- Music of TurkeyMusic of TurkeyThe music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from Central Asian folk music and has many copies and references of Byzantine music, Greek music, Ottoman music, Persian music, Balkan music, as well as more modern European and American popular music influences...
- Turkish pop musicTurkish pop musicTurkish pop music had its humble beginnings in the late 1950s with Turkish cover versions of a wide range of imported popular styles, including rock and roll, tango, and jazz...