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Cici Kızlar
Cici Kızlar (literally "Cute Girls") were a Turkish female vocal trio. The group initially was composed of three singers, Şebnem Aksu, Birnur Bilginoğlu and Sibel Egemen. Sibel Egemen left the group due to the difficulties she felt in juggling education and music. When they decided to enter Turkish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975, Bilgen Bengü was also included in the group. Their entry was ''Delisin'' (You're mad), a dynamic song composed by Atilla Özdemiroğlu. They received a high score (the second highest after Ali Rıza Binboğa) from the people's jury and they shared the first place with Semiha Yankı who had received a higher score from the professional jury. Turkey's entry to the contest was determined by casting lots and they lost to Semiha Yankı. However, ''Delisin'' became a hit and they produced other 45 rpm records in rapid succession. They also acted in a film named after ''Delisin'' with Tarık Akan. But the group was short-lived. By t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish People
Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire, ethnic Turkish communities still exist across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article 66 of the Constitution of Turkey defines a ''Turk'' as anyone who is a citizen of the Turkish state. While the legal use of the term ''Turkish'' as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. The vast majority of Turks are Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, with a notable minority practicing Alevism. The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trio (music)
In music, a trio (from the Italian language, Italian) is any of the following: * a composition for three performers or three Part (music), musical parts * in larger works, the middle section of a ternary form (so named because of the 17th-century practice of scoring the contrasting second or middle dance appearing between two statements of a principal dance for three instruments) * an ensemble of three instruments or voices performing trio compositions. Composition A trio is a composition for three performers or musical parts. Works include Baroque trio sonatas, choral works for three parts, and works for three instruments such as string trios. In the trio sonata, a popular genre of the 17th and early 18th century, two melodic instruments are accompanied by a basso continuo, making three Part (music), parts in all. But because the basso continuo is usually played by two instruments (typically a cello or bass viol and a keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord), performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibel Egemen
Sibel Egemen (born 13 May 1958) is a Turkish singer. Biography She is the granddaughter of Turkish composer Muzaffer İlkar. Egemen got training as a child in ballet, violin and piano. She began her professional musical career in 1973 as member of Cici Kızlar. She left the group due to difficulty she felt running education and music together. After her break up, Bilgen Bengü joined them in 1975 and became one of the most popular singers in Turkey with a song called ''Hayret''. With 1983's ''Dünyam Değişti'', she branched off into folk music. After the last album, she left the music and began to Expert of Public Relations at Yurtbank between 1995 and 2005. She then moved to Izmir and has been academician at Public Relations and Advertising in Communication Faculty of Ege University Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey In The Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "", composed by Kemal Ebcioğlu, with lyrics by Hikmet Münir Ebcioğlu, and performed by Semiha Yankı. The Turkish participating broadcaster, (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Turkish in the contest. Before Eurovision ''1975'' The Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was chosen during a national final: ''1975'' . Competing entries 105 songs were submitted to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) and 17 were shortlisted by a selection committee for the national final. In early 1975, "Boşver" performed by Nilüfer was withdrawn from the selection due to plagiarism claims. "Umut" performed by Şenay was also withdrawn as Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu, his wife, was a member of the committee. On 6 February 1975, the selection committee selected the 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Attila ( or ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central and Eastern Europe. As nephews to Rugila, Attila and his elder brother Bleda succeeded him to the throne in 435, ruling jointly until the death of Bleda in 445. During his reign, Attila was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. He crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans but was unable to take Constantinople. In 441, he led an invasion of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, the success of which emboldened him to invade the West. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul (modern France), crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum (Orléans), before being stopped in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. He subsequently invaded Italy, devastating the northern provinces, but was unable to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Rıza Binboğa
Ali Rıza Binboğa (born 26 February 1950) is a Turkish singer. Life He was born in 1950 in the small village of Ördekli in Sarız district of Kayseri Province. He first met with music in 1964 when he was selected as one of the sixteen students who attended a music seminar organized in Ankara After completing his secondary education in Kayseri, he attended Istanbul Technical University and in 1973, graduated as an electronics engineer. Before 1975, he served in Turkish PTT. He is married and a father of three children. Career His first public appearance as a singer was in Turkish under contest for Eurovision Song Contest 1975. His entry was named ''Yarınlar Bizim'' ("Tomorrows are ours") a dynamic melody with lyrics which were interpreted to be politic messages. The melody caused excitement and received the highest points in people's jury. But the points from the professional jury were low and Binboğa lost his chance to participate in Eurovision contest. In the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semiha Yankı
Semiha Yankı (born 15 January 1958) is a Turkish people, Turkish Turkish pop music, pop music singer, presenter and film actress, best known for representing Turkey Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest, for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song ''Seninle Bir Dakika''. Discography * Büyük AÅŸkımız (Our Great Love) * Adını Yollara Yazdım (Disco-1989) * Ben Sana Mecburum (I'm compelled to you) * Sevgi Ãœstüne (About Love) * Hayırlı Olsun (Good luck with it) * Ayrılanlar İçin * Seni Seviyorum (I love you) (AÄŸdaÅŸ Müzik-2004) Filmography * ''GüneÅŸ DoÄŸmasın'' (1961) * ''Hammal'' (1976) References * Sinematürk â€''Brief information on Semiha Yankı'' * Who is Who Database â€''Biography of Semiha Yankı'' External links * 1958 births Living people Singers from Istanbul Turkish film actresses Turkish women pop singers Turkish pop singers Turkish mezzo-sopranos Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Turkey-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarık Akan
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül; 13 October 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1965s. Early life Akan was born as Tarık Tahsin Üregül in Istanbul on 13 October 1949. He was the third child of the family after a daughter and a son. His family was constantly moving around Turkey due to his father's occupation in the military. Schooled in Erzurum, he completed the elementary education in Kayseri. Following his father's retirement, the family moved to Istanbul and settled in Bakırköy. Akan attended Yıldız Technical University to study mechanical engineering, graduated later from the College of Journalist. Before he started his acting career, he worked as a lifeguard at beaches and at a boat renting place in Bakırköy. He completed his military service in Denizli in 1979. He was jailed for two-and-half months with cell confinement following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. A right-wing politics daily def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabah (newspaper)
''Sabah'' is a Turkish daily newspaper, with a circulation of around 330,000 as of 2011. Its name means "morning" in Turkish language, Turkish. The newspaper was founded in İzmir by Dinç Bilgin on 22 April 1985. In 2007, the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seized the newspaper, citing a legal document that had not been disclosed to authorities when ''Sabah'' was sold in 2001. Ownership of the newspaper was given to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey. Some of the newspaper's staffers were fired, and the paper was then sold to the Turkuvaz Media Group belonging to Çalık Holding whose CEO, Berat Albayrak, is the son-in-law of Erdoğan and whose chairman, Ahmet Çalık, has been described as a "close associate" of Erdoğan. The $1.1bn sale aroused substantial controversy in Turkey, not least because it was partially financed by $750m of loans from two state banks, VakıfBank and Halkbank, and was sold for the minimum price, with Çalık Holdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ege University
Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the fourth oldest university in Turkey. History Ege University was one of the largest universities in Turkey, with 19 faculties, 9 junior colleges, and 8 institutes, until part of it was separated to establish Dokuz Eylül University in 1982. Following this division, Ege University retained 7 faculties, 3 junior colleges, and approximately 9,000 students. Today, the university has grown to include 15 faculties, 6 junior colleges, 10 vocational training schools, 9 institutes, and 36 research centers. Campus Dormitory facilities on the campus are managed by the General Directorate of Students' Credits and Dormitories, accommodating approximately 6,000 students. In addition to the rectorate and the main campus in Bornova, Ege University operates vocational trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
