Fazlı Teoman Yakupoğlu (born 20 November 1967) is a Turkish

acoustic rock Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the adven ...

singer and songwriter. His biggest hits include ''Paramparça'', ''Senden Önce Senden Sonra'', ''17'' and ''Papatya''. On ''Papatya'', Turkish female rock singer Özlem Tekin features as backing vocals.

Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...

has also featured on a couple of Teoman's tracks. After studying business administration and mathematics at

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has six faculties and tw ...

, he transferred to and graduated from the sociology department of the same university. He completed his graduate study on women studies at Istanbul University. His formal music career was first started in his first band ''Mirage'' in 1986. Teoman staged with various bands for 10 years until his breakthrough song, "Ne Ekmek Ne de Su" (''Neither Bread Nor Water'') (music by

Barlas Erinç Barlas Erinç is a Turkish musician, rock singer and song writer. He was born in Ankara, Turkey. He studied Business Administration and is a graduate of Gazi University in Ankara. His first band AXE was a heavy metal band performing in Ankara ...

- lyrics by

and Teoman) which won the first prize in Roxy Müzik Günleri (''Roxy Music Days''). On August 4, 2011, he announced on his official website that he decided to quit music, indefinitely. Nevertheless, on November 24, 2012 Teoman officially announced his return to music. The same year he collaborated with Sebnem Ferah. In 2015 he released a new album "Eski Bir Ruya Ugruna" to great success. Teoman released official music video for "Limanında" in 2016, from his album named "Eski Bir Rüya Uğruna". In this music video, Teoman leans on Syrian dram through couple named Beriwan and Wassim, and their escape to Berlin, via Turkey.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''Teoman'' (1996) * ''O'' (1998) (She) * ''Onyedi'' (2000) (Seventeen) * ''Gönülçelen'' (2001) (Heart Stealer) * ''Teoman'' (2003) * ''En Güzel Hikayem'' (2004) (My Most Beautiful Story) * ''Renkli Rüyalar Oteli'' (2006) (Hotel of the Colorful Dreams) * ''İnsanlık Halleri'' (2009) (The States of Humanity) * ''Aşk ve Gurur'' (2011) (Love and Pride) * ''Eski Bir Rüya Uğruna...'' (2015) (For the Sake of an Old Dream) * ''Gecenin Sonuna Yolculuk'' (2021) (Journey to the End of Night) ;Compilation albums * ''Best of Teoman'' (2004) * ''Söz Müzik Teoman'' (2007) (Music and Lyrics by Teoman) * ''Yavaş Yavaş'' (2014) * ''Koyu Antoloji'' (2018) * ''Teoman ve Piyano'' (2021) ;Remixes * ''Remixler'' (2001) * ''İstanbul'da Sonbahar Remixler'' (2001) * ''Remixler 1'' (2001) * ''Duş Remixler'' (2001) * ''Ruhun Sarışın'' (2011) (Your Soul Is Blonde) * ''Aşk ve Gurur Remixler'' (2001)

Filmography

* '' Elephants and Grass'' (''Filler ve Çimen'') (2000) * ''Bank'' (2002) * ''Mumya Firarda'' (''Runaway Mummy'') (2002) * ''Balans ve Manevra'' (''Balance and Maneuver'') (2005) (actor, director, writer, composer and producer) * ''Romantik'' (''Romantic'') (2007) (actor, composer) * ''

At the Bar ''At the Bar'' ( tr, Barda) is a 2007 Turkish crime drama film, written and directed by Serdar Akar based on a real-life event that happened in Ankara, Turkey in 1997, featuring Nejat İşler as the head of a gang which brutalises, murders a ...

'' (''Barda'') (2007)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teoman 1967 births Living people People from Giresun Turkish male film actors Turkish male singers Turkish pop singers Turkish rock singers Singers from Istanbul