Çigdem Talu
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Çiğdem Talu was a Turkish
pop music
songwriter
.
Çiğdem
wrote her first song "Ağlıyorum Yine", which was sung by Nilüfer
and released on her single, "Kalbim Bir Pusula". The great success of this song led her to write songs for many other singers, among them for Yeliz
and Füsun Önal
. Turkey participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
held in Stockholm
, Sweden
for the first time, and three songs written by Talu were in the qualification in Ankara
.
That year, she met composer
Melih Kibar
and they started to make music together. Their first song, "İşte Öyle Bir Şey" sung by Erol Evgin
was a great hit. From then on, Talu wrote and Kibar composed pop music songs for Evgin, which became hits. Talu and Kibar produced around 200 songs.
Talu wrote the lyrics for the play "Nereye Payidar", while the music was composed by Timur Selçuk
. Many pop music singers, Nükhet Duru
and Zerrin Özer
included, used her lyrics.
She died of cancer
in Istanbul
.
Her daughter Zeynep also became a songwriter, who wrote the lyrics of the Turkish entry "Sev" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
held in Dublin, Ireland
.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
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Çiğdem
Çiğdem
Çiğdem is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Çiğdem" means "Crocus", "Colchicum", and/or "Meadow Saffron".-People:* Çiğdem Can Rasna, Turkish volleyball player* Çiğdem Balım Harding, American senior lecturer at Indiana University...
wrote her first song "Ağlıyorum Yine", which was sung by Nilüfer
Nilüfer Yumlu
Nilüfer Yumlu is a Turkish pop singer known as Nilüfer.In 1992, one of her biggest hits, Show Yapma, included in Yine Yeni Yeniden album...
and released on her single, "Kalbim Bir Pusula". The great success of this song led her to write songs for many other singers, among them for Yeliz
Yeliz
Yeliz is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Yeliz" means "beautiful", "luminous", "brightly", and/or "spacious".-People:* Yeliz Akkaya, a Turkish actor....
and Füsun Önal
Füsun Önal
Füsun Önal is a Turkish pop music singer, theatre actress and writer.-Biography:She was born in Kadıköy, Istanbul on 11 March 1947. Her father was a soldier in the Turkish army and her mother was a house wife. Füsun grew up in Ankara. During her childhood, she played mandolin and accordion...
. Turkey participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by SR and held in Stockholm, Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö in southern Stockholm. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the...
held in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
for the first time, and three songs written by Talu were in the qualification in Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
.
That year, she met composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Melih Kibar
Melih Kibar
Melih Kibar was a Turkish composer.-Biography:Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Bosphorus University. He received a Master's degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.At the age of eight, Kibar enrolled at the...
and they started to make music together. Their first song, "İşte Öyle Bir Şey" sung by Erol Evgin
Erol Evgin
Erol Evgin , is a Turkish pop singer, composer and film actor.-Biography:Erol Evgin was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1947. He finished his high school education in Istanbul High School in 1965. Then he studied architecture in Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts...
was a great hit. From then on, Talu wrote and Kibar composed pop music songs for Evgin, which became hits. Talu and Kibar produced around 200 songs.
Talu wrote the lyrics for the play "Nereye Payidar", while the music was composed by Timur Selçuk
Timur Selçuk
Timur Selçuk is a renowned Turkish singer, pianist, conductor and composer.- Biography :He is a son of the legendary Turkish neo-classical music composer, Münir Nurettin Selçuk, and the elder brother of the jazz drummer and composer Selim Selçuk. He started playing piano at the age of five and...
. Many pop music singers, Nükhet Duru
Nükhet Duru
Nükhet Duru is a Turkish singer. She started singing at Florya Deniz Club in Istanbul in 1971. She released her first 45 album “Aklımda Sen Fikrimde Sen – Karadır Kaşların” in 1974. It was followed by many singles like “Beni Benimle Bırak – Gerisi Vız Gelir” , with which she won a Golden Plate....
and 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...
included, used her lyrics.
She died of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
in 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...
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Her daughter Zeynep also became a songwriter, who wrote the lyrics of the Turkish entry "Sev" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...
held in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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