Zara (Turkish singer)
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Zara is a popular Turkish
folk
singer and actress of Kurdish
origin.
She was born in Üsküdar
district of Istanbul
in January 15, 1976. She graduated from the Sosyal Meskenler Primary School in Esatpaşa quarter. In 1991 and 1993, Zara was first among female Turkish folk musical soloists in a nation-wide high school level competition of music and folk dance organized by the newspaper Milliyet
. She completed her higher education in the Department of Vocal Music of Istanbul Technical University
State Conservatory.
In 1996, she passed the "qualified vocal artist" examination organized by TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
) and started work as a contract Turkish folk singer. She acted and sang the role of Amber in the Yunus Emre
Musical staged at Atatürk Cultural Center
in 1997. In 1998, she published her album, Avuntu (Consolation), the product of 15 months' work. In the same year, she played a lead role with Tarık Akan
in her first feature film
, Eylül Fırtınası (September Storm), directed by Atıf Yılmaz
.
Soon after, in 2000, Zara brought out her second album, Boyut (Dimension) featuring songs from old Turkish films. Video for the music on her album was distributed on VCD
.
She acted in the film Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi
, in 2001. In 2002, she introduced to the market Misafir (Guest), her third album, and in 2003, Özlenenler (Someone who is missed) consisting of 27 songs on two disks. It was on her album Özlenenler that Zara surprised music lovers by singing the more technically demanding Turkish classical music for the first time.
Zara was a principal actress in a series for the first time in 2003 in Gelin (Daughter in law), which consisted of 28 episodes and was broadcast at Kanal D
. In 2004, her music video of AFIT, co-created with the Ministry of Public Works, was broadcast in the “Conscious Society to Natural Disasters” project. Shot in 1992, it was held back by earthquake.
Zara has received awards from organizations such as Kral TV
and MGD
. She was also awarded the Gold Butterfly prize as “The Best Singer at Turkish Folk Music” 4 times, in 2000-2003.
Zara continued her career with the album Zamanı Geldi (It is about time), which also had two CDs. The first CD of album comprised 17 Turkish folk songs and the second 12 arrangements from to 70’s. In October of the same year, Zara published a Turkish mystic music album with the symphony of “Bülbül-i Şeyda”.
Zara was the program announcer of Zamanı Geldi at Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
(TRT) as well and met audiences 41 times. At this program she hosted many artists, such as İbrahim Tatlıses
, Selda Bağcan
, Yavuz Bingöl
, Edip Akbayram, Belkıs Akkale
, İzzet Altınmeşe, Sabahat Akkiraz, Alişan
, Funda Arar
, Zerrin Özer
, Fatih Erkoç
, Muzaffer Akgün.
In Ramadan of 2006 she announced a pre-dawn programme called “Tanrı Misafiri” ("An unexpected guest is a God-sent guest") at ATV. This program was broadcast live from her guest house.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer and actress of Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
origin.
She was born in Üsküdar
Üsküdar
Üsküdar is a large and densely populated municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Beykoz, on the east by Ümraniye, on the southeast by Ataşehir, on the south by Kadıköy, and on the west by the Bosphorus, with the areas of Beşiktaş,...
district of Istanbul
Istanbul
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 January 15, 1976. She graduated from the Sosyal Meskenler Primary School in Esatpaşa quarter. In 1991 and 1993, Zara was first among female Turkish folk musical soloists in a nation-wide high school level competition of music and folk dance organized by the newspaper Milliyet
Milliyet
Milliyet is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950.-History:Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950...
. She completed her higher education in the Department of Vocal Music of Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey...
State Conservatory.
In 1996, she passed the "qualified vocal artist" examination organized by TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
) and started work as a contract Turkish folk singer. She acted and sang the role of Amber in the Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...
Musical staged at Atatürk Cultural Center
Atatürk Cultural Center
Atatürk Cultural Center , called also simply as AKM, is a multi-purpose cultural center located in Taksim Square of Istanbul, Turkey...
in 1997. In 1998, she published her album, Avuntu (Consolation), the product of 15 months' work. In the same year, she played a lead role with Tarık Akan
Tarik Akan
Tarık Akan is a Turkish film actor and producer who has been active since the 1970s.-Biography:...
in her first feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
, Eylül Fırtınası (September Storm), directed by Atıf Yılmaz
Atif Yilmaz
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...
.
Soon after, in 2000, Zara brought out her second album, Boyut (Dimension) featuring songs from old Turkish films. Video for the music on her album was distributed on VCD
VCD
VCD is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* VCD Athletic, semi-professional football team* Video CD* Voice command device* Value change dump * Vocal cord dysfunction* Visual Communication and Design...
.
She acted in the film Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi
Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi
Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi is a 2001 Turkish action film, written and directed by Osman Sınav. It is spun off from the TV series Deli Yürek.-Plot:...
, in 2001. In 2002, she introduced to the market Misafir (Guest), her third album, and in 2003, Özlenenler (Someone who is missed) consisting of 27 songs on two disks. It was on her album Özlenenler that Zara surprised music lovers by singing the more technically demanding Turkish classical music for the first time.
Zara was a principal actress in a series for the first time in 2003 in Gelin (Daughter in law), which consisted of 28 episodes and was broadcast at Kanal D
Kanal D
Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....
. In 2004, her music video of AFIT, co-created with the Ministry of Public Works, was broadcast in the “Conscious Society to Natural Disasters” project. Shot in 1992, it was held back by earthquake.
Zara has received awards from organizations such as Kral TV
Kral TV
TV-16 August 1994 King Day was established by Cem Uzan. After performing the test on the joint publication with publication Tele On the first video music channel started broadcasting as the King of TV, has several important turning point in the life of the artist's music. Kral TV Video Music Awards...
and MGD
MGD
MGD may stand for:* Major Game Drifters, A website that focuses on video games.* Machine Generated Data, automatically generated data created without human intervention...
. She was also awarded the Gold Butterfly prize as “The Best Singer at Turkish Folk Music” 4 times, in 2000-2003.
Zara continued her career with the album Zamanı Geldi (It is about time), which also had two CDs. The first CD of album comprised 17 Turkish folk songs and the second 12 arrangements from to 70’s. In October of the same year, Zara published a Turkish mystic music album with the symphony of “Bülbül-i Şeyda”.
Zara was the program announcer of Zamanı Geldi at Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
(TRT) as well and met audiences 41 times. At this program she hosted many artists, such as İbrahim Tatlıses
İbrahim Tatlıses
-References:...
, Selda Bağcan
Selda Bağcan
Selda Bağcan is a Turkish singer and guitarist. She was born in 1948. The Turkish military rulers persecuted her in the 1980s due to her political songs.-External links:* – official website* discography at Discogs...
, Yavuz Bingöl
Yavuz Bingöl
Yavuz Bingöl is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964.He was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza. He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Esref Saati...
, Edip Akbayram, Belkıs Akkale
Belkis Akkale
Belkis Akkale is a distinguished Turkish singer of Turkish folk music.She was born in 1956 in Malatya, Turkey.-References:...
, İzzet Altınmeşe, Sabahat Akkiraz, Alişan
Alisan
Serkan Tektaş , better known as Alişan, is a Turkish singer and actor.At high school he recorded his first album. In 1997 his first hit album Sana Birşey Olmasın was released. The song entitled "Kralı Gelse" from this album became number one on Turkish music charts.He played in Tepecikspor for 10...
, Funda Arar
Funda Arar
-External links:****-References:...
, Zerrin Özer
Zerrin Özer
Zerrin Özer is a famous Turkish pop singer. She is called as Turkey's Janis Joplin by several fans. She has very famous hits such as "Gönül" , "Dayanamıyorum" , "Dünya Tatlısı" and "Paşa Gönlüm" -Biography:She was born in 1957 in Ankara, Turkey...
, Fatih Erkoç
Fatih Erkoç
Fatih Erkoç is a Turkish jazz and pop music singer and composer.- Biography :Fatih Erkoç is the son of Hasan Erkoç. Hasan Erkoç was an oud musician. He gave a violin to Fatih Erkoç, when Fatih Erkoç was three years old. Fatih Erkoç studied at Istanbul Municipality Conservatory...
, Muzaffer Akgün.
In Ramadan of 2006 she announced a pre-dawn programme called “Tanrı Misafiri” ("An unexpected guest is a God-sent guest") at ATV. This program was broadcast live from her guest house.
Discography
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
Avuntu |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Boyut |
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
Misafir |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
Özlenenler |
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Zamanı Geldi |
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Bülbül-i Şeyda |
| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
Bahar |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep... |
Eylül Fırtınası | Television movie |
| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi | Movie |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
Gelin | Television movie |
| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
İpsiz Recep | Movie |
TV Programmes
| Year | TV Programme | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Zamanı Geldi | TRT |
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
Tanrı Misafiri | Atv |
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
Salı Sefası | tv8 |
| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
Salı Sefası | tv8 |
| 2011 2011 in film The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :... |
Salı Sefası | tv8 |