Tarkan is a 1999 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Tarkan, composed of songs released in his 1994 A-Acayipsin

A-Acayipsin

Aacayipsin is the 1994 album of the Turkish pop singer Tarkan Tevetoğlu. This was his second album, the success of which launched him as a superstar onto the Turkish pop scene with over 3.5 million copies sold worldwide...

 and 1997 Ölürüm Sana

Ölürüm Sana

Ölürüm Sana is Tarkan's third Turkish release and his most commercially successful album in Turkey. It sold close to 4.5 million copies..-Track listing:# Şımarık 3:55# İkimizin Yerine 4:42# Ölürüm Sana 4:05# Salına Salına Sinsice 4:23...

 albums. It was initially released in France in 1998 but due to the success of his single "Şımarık

Simarik

Şımarık is a 1997 song by Turkish singer Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Tarkan, Aksu and Ozan Çolakoğlu at the time. However, Tarkan later admitted in a 2006 interview that this had been done without Aksu's consent, who was the true copyright owner...

", it was given a wider European release on 1 April 1999, with 14 tracks. Due to its popularity it was re-released with 15 tracks on 27 September in the same year. The sales of this album won Tarkan a Monaco

Monaco

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 World Music Award.

Track listing

• Tarkan, 1998, 1999, 2000

1. Şımarık
   Simarik
   Şımarık is a 1997 song by Turkish singer Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Tarkan, Aksu and Ozan Çolakoğlu at the time. However, Tarkan later admitted in a 2006 interview that this had been done without Aksu's consent, who was the true copyright owner...
   
     (Radio Edit) (3:10)
2. Ölürüm Sana (4:05)
3. Bu Gece
   Bu Gece
   "Bu Gece " was originally formed part of Tarkan's 1997 album Ölürüm Sana under the title of "Kır Zincirlerini". The song was written and composed by Tarkan. It was reproduced by Laurent Marimbert and re-mixed by Jeeb at ADS Studios for the European music market and included in Tarkan's...
   
    (Kır Zincirlerini) (Radio Edit) (3:53)
4. Şıkıdım
   Sikidim
   "Şıkıdım" was originally from Tarkan's 1994 album lending its title to the album's name, A-Acayipsin . It is a Sezen Aksu song, reproduced by Laurent Marimbert and re-mixed by Yves Jaget for the European music market and included in Tarkan's compilation album Tarkan in 1998...
   
    (Hepsi Senin Mi?) (Radio Mix) (3:15)
5. Salına Salına Sinsice (3:56)
6. İkimizin Yerine (4:42)
7. İnci Tanem (5:38)
8. Dön Bebeğim (4:45)
9. Başına Bela Olurum (4:11)
10. Gül Döktüm Yollarına (4:08)
11. Unut Beni (5:28)
12. Beni Anlama (5:21)
13. Delikanlı Çağlarım (3:43)
14. Şımarık (Long Version) (3:54)
15. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) (Original Version) (5:29)
16. Şıkıdım (Hepsi Senin Mi?) (Original Version) (3:54)

Extra information

The Japanese export had two bonus tracks, "Bu Gece

Bu Gece

"Bu Gece " was originally formed part of Tarkan's 1997 album Ölürüm Sana under the title of "Kır Zincirlerini". The song was written and composed by Tarkan. It was reproduced by Laurent Marimbert and re-mixed by Jeeb at ADS Studios for the European music market and included in Tarkan's...

" (Kir Zincirlerini) Club Remix and "Şımarık

Simarik

Şımarık is a 1997 song by Turkish singer Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Tarkan, Aksu and Ozan Çolakoğlu at the time. However, Tarkan later admitted in a 2006 interview that this had been done without Aksu's consent, who was the true copyright owner...

" (Malagutti Remix).

Charts

Chart (1998 / 1999)	Peak position
Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	6
German Albums Chart	7
Swiss Albums Chart	17
Austrian Albums Chart	22
French Albums Chart	26
Belgian Albums Chart	30
Dutch Albums Chart	33
Swedish Albums Chart	53

External links

• Tarkan Tevetoğlu - Tarkan Lyric TR
• Tarkan Translations
• Album and Song Lyrics Information in English
• Tarkan Fun Club
• Tarkan Official Russian Fan-club