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Ä°lham Gencer
Bozkurt Ä°lham Osman Gencer (30 August 1921 – 24 May 2023) was a Turkish jazz pianist, singer and composer. Life and career A child prodigy, Ä°lham started playing piano as a child under the guidance of his mother, and never received any formal musical training. He held his first concert and made his first composition ''Ä°lham Vals'' when he was 5 years old. He started his professional career in 1944, and between 1949 and 1963 he hosted several musical programs on . In 1960 Ä°lham opened a popular night club in the Istanbul district of ÅžiÅŸli, the ''Çatı Club'', where he contributed to launch the careers of several singers and musicians. His 1961 song "Bak Bir Varmış Bir YokmuÅŸ", a cover of Bob Azzam's "C'est écrit dans le Ciel", is regarded as the first pop song recorded in Turkish language. In 2018, he was the subject of a biography, ''Bozkurt Ä°lhami Gencer'le Sanat ve Siyaset Bir Bir Birada'' ("Art and politics at the same time with Bozkurt Ä°lhami Gencer") wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
