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Ân (album)
''Ân'' (''Moment'') is the debut studio album by Turkish singer Edis. It was released on 7 March 2018 by DMC. With the release of his first song "Benim Ol" he earned fame and won the appreciation of music critics, yet it took him four years to release his first album. During that period, he changed the production company with whom he had been working, and this further postponed the release of the album. Many of the songs in the album are written by Edis alone, while others were prepared with the help of Alper Narman, Onurr and Yasemin Mori. Edis's 2017 single "Çok Çok" was included in this album. Its lead single, "Roman", ranked number-one on Turkey's music chart for four consecutive weeks. Background and development With the release of "Benim Ol" in December 2014, Edis became a known figure of Turkish pop music, after which he continued his career with the singles "Olmamış mı?" (2015) and "Dudak" (2016). Out of these songs "Benim Ol" and "Dudak" both ranked second on Tü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edis (singer)
Edis Görgülü (born 28 November 1990) is a Turkish singer and songwriter. He was born in London and raised in İzmir. While studying at high school and university, he passed music lessons. After enrolling in Galatasaray University Communication Faculty, he settled in Istanbul and immediately tried to contact various people to make an album, but he did not succeed. Meanwhile, he started acting and had roles in daily series ''Dinle Sevgili'' (2011–12), :tr:Hayatımın Rolü, Hayatımın Rolü (2012) adaptation of Mrs. Doubtfire and film ''Alya'' (2023). In the years that he pursued a career in acting, he got an offer from his manager to make an album. After releasing numerous singles, Edis released his first studio album ''Ân (album), Ân'' in March 2018. His first single "Benim Ol", which was released in March 2014, was a successful hit and ranked number two on Türkçe Top 20. His subsequent singles "Dudak" (2016) and "Çok Çok" (2017) also ranked number two on the charts f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkin Koray
Mustafa Erkin Koray (; 24 June 1941 – 7 August 2023) was a Turkish singer and guitarist who mainly played Anatolian rock. Life and career Koray was active in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s. In 1967, he released his first single, "Anma Arkadaş". In the early 1970s, he formed the group Ter with former members of the band Bunalım. They only recorded one single, "Hor Görme Garibi", before breaking up. In 1973, his first solo album, ''Erkin Koray'', was issued. He left Istanbul Records after the release, and in 1974, signed with Doglan Records, which released his '' dabke'' single "Şaşkın". Koray, alongside Orhan Gencebay, were the inventors of the electro baglama, the electric version of a traditional Turkish musical instrument related to the lute. Koray died on 7 August 2023, at the age of 82, in Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet
''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet'' has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that were previously under the management of Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding). ''Hürriyet'' is printed in six cities in Turkey and in Frankfurt, Germany. , according to Alexa Internet, Alexa, its website was the tenth most visited in Turkey, the second most visited of a newspaper and the fourth most visited news website. On 21 March 2018, Doğan Yayın Holding, the parent company of ''Hürriyet'', was so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarkan (singer)
Tarkan Tevetoğlu (; born 17 October 1972) is a German-born Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with his successful albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized both in Turkey and worldwide. Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the-then West Germany. In 1986, he moved to Turkey together with his family. Tarkan, who had been interested in music since his childhood, went to high school at Karamürsel and took music lessons. In the following years, he met the owner of İstanbul Plak, Mehmet Söğütoğlu, and signed a contract to release his albums. Tarkan released his first studio album, ''Yine Sensiz'', in late 1992, with "Kıl Oldum" being chosen as its lead single. His second one, ''Aacayipsin'', was released in 1994, while his third, ''Ölürüm Sana'', in 1998: the latter included the song "Şımarık" ("spoilt" in Turkish), that became popular in a number of countries, also for its English version, "Kiss Kiss". In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murat Boz
Murat Boz (born 7 March 1980) is a Turkish people, Turkish singer, songwriter and actor. Boz began his solo career by releasing his first single, "Aşkı Bulamam Ben", in 2006. In the following year his first studio album titled ''Maximum (Murat Boz album), Maximum'' (2007) was released, which sold numerous copies and earned him multiple awards. He continued his music career by releasing his subsequent albums ''Şans'' (2009), ''Aşklarım Büyük Benden'' (2011), and ''Janti (album), Janti'' (2016). Numerous songs from these albums including "Maximum (song), Maximum", "Uçurum", "Para Yok", "Özledim", "Sallana Sallana" and "Adını Bilen Yazsın" were among the top-five hits on Türkçe Top 20, and "Geri Dönüş Olsa", "Kalamam Arkadaş" and "Janti" were the number-one singles on the list. In addition to his singing career, he began acting by starring in the movie ''Hadi İnşallah'' (2014), and later continued his acting career by playing leading roles in ''Kardeşim Benim'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorlu Center
Zorlu Center is a mixed-use high-rise building complex in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey containing an upscale shopping mall, a five-star Raffles hotel and a Cinemaximum megaplex, as well as residences and offices. It is home to Zorlu PSM, the largest performing arts center in the country, as well as the country's first Apple Store. Built in 2013 to a design by Emre Arolat Architects and Tabanlıoğlu Architects, the center is situated at the junction of the European connection of the Bosphorus Bridge with Barbaros Boulevard, which proceeds to the north as Büyükdere Avenue in Levent and Maslak. History At a public auction in 2007, Zorlu Real Estate, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding, submitted the highest bid (US$800 million) to purchase the land at the junction of - the European connection of the Bosphorus Bridge, and Büyükdere Avenue. It subsequently announced the "Zorlu Center Architecture and Urban Design Competition" for concept and design proposals. Over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sözcü
''Sözcü'' (English: ''Spokesperson'') is a popular Turkish daily newspaper. ''Sözcü'' was first published on 27 June 2007 by Burak Akbay and is distributed nationwide. As of June 2018, it was one of the top-selling newspapers in Turkey, with around 300,000 copies sold daily. Overview Its origins go back to ''Gözcü'' (literally, ''Observer,'' published by Doğan Media Group) which began publication on 15 May 1996 and ceased publication on 1 April 2007. ''Gözcü'' was taken over by its employees and its name was changed to ''Sözcü''. In its first days the newspaper sold around 60,000 copies. By September 2008, the newspaper had an average circulation of 150,000. In December 2010 this number had reached 210,000. As a result of increasing political polarization, ''Sözcü'' became one of the country's top-selling newspapers through its anti-government ( Justice and Development Party or AKP) stance. It is the highest-selling Turkish paper that openly criticizes the ruling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Dorado (Shakira Album)
''El Dorado'' (English: ''The Golden'', ) is the eleventh studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 26 May 2017, by Sony Music Latin. The album is mainly sung in Spanish, with three songs in English. After her self-titled tenth studio album (2014), Shakira had her second child, suffered from writer's block and was uncertain about the future of her career. However, her collaboration on "La Bicicleta" with Carlos Vives, encouraged Shakira to continue to work on music. Inspired by her personal life and experiences, ''El Dorado'' primarily features songs about the singer's relationship with Piqué. Shakira enlisted longtime collaborator Luis Fernando Ochoa, as well as new producers Supa Dups, Rude Boyz, and The Arcade. The album is primarily a mixture of Latin pop and reggaeton, alongside influences from bachata, vallenato, cumbia, salsa, hip-hop, R&B, trap, and electropop, amongst others. The album features six vocal collaborations: two with Colombian si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Music", she has had a Cultural impact of Shakira, significant impact on the musical landscape of Latin America and has been credited with popularizing Hispanophone music on a global level. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Shakira, various accolades, she has won four Grammy Awards and fifteen Latin Grammy Awards, including three Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year wins. Shakira made her recording debut with Sony Music, Sony Music Colombia at the age of 14. Following the commercial failure of her first two albums, ''Magia (Shakira album), Magia'' (1991) and ''Peligro (Shakira album), Peligro'' (1993), she rose to prominence with the next two, ''Pies Descalzos'' (1995) and ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?'' (1998). Shakira entered the English-language market with her fift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
