İzel Çeliköz (born 29 April 1969) is a Turkish pop singer. She was originally part of the Turkish pop trio İzel-Çelik-Ercan, but after the group broke up in 1993, she decided to release solo albums. She is one of the most successful Turkish singers of the 1990s and 2000s.

Career

İzel Çeliköz was born in Yalova. In

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İzel represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing alongside Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "

İki Dakika Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. The country was represented by a trio composed of İzel (singer), İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "İki Dakika" written by Aysel Gürel and composed by Şevket U ...

", the trio finished 12th of 22 participants. After deciding to start releasing solo albums, İzel released her solo debut album titled ''

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''. In 1997, İzel released her second solo album titled ''

Emanet (''On Hold'') is the second solo studio album of Turkish pop singer İzel. This was also the first album in which Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal served as music director. Track listing * ''Emanet'', 1997 #"Emanet" (featuring Mustafa Sanda ...

'' which featured

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on the opening track as well as listing him as a producer. She originally wanted the album to be produced by Ercan Saatçi and Aykut Gürel, but could not convince them to work together. In 1999, İzel released her third album ''

Bir Küçük Aşk ''Bir Küçük Aşk'' ( en, A Small Love) is İzel's third studio album. All of the lyrics were written by Altan Çetin. "Yok Yere" made a huge success all over Turkey. Track listing Credits Production: Universal Music Producer: Altan Çetin ...

''. In this album, she worked with young composer Altan Çetin. All of the songs were written by Altan Çetin. The album closely sold 500.000 copies and created a successful career for her. In 2001, her fourth album '' Bebek'' was released. It was the second time that she was working with Altan Çetin. All of the songs were written by Altan Çetin. For the album, İzel tried arabesque music in some songs. In 2003, İzel released her fifth album ''Şak''. In 2005, İzel released her sixth album ''

Bir Dilek Tut Benim İçin ''Bir Dilek Tut Benim İçin'' ( en, Make a Wish for Me) is İzel's sixth studio album. It was released in April 2005. This album has significant difference that she starts working with Sinan Akçıl. The songs in this album are mostly written by ...

''. While she was working for

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's album, she met

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and her present arranger

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. She vocalized three Sezen Aksu songs in her own album. Also, Sinan Akçıl produced the album. In 2007, her seventh album ''

Işıklı Yol ''Işıklı Yol'' ( en, Road with Lights) is İzel's seventh studio album. It was released in 2007. This album has songs mostly written by Sinan Akçıl. Track listing Credits Production: Avrupa Müzik Producer: Sinan Akçıl Sinan Akçıl ( ...

'' was released. Sinan Akçıl produced the album. Now, İzel is working on her new album. Up to now, her all albums have sold more than 2 million copies.

Personal life

In December 2008, she had an operation for her acne. She has had a prolonged bout of acne, which she recently explained was a physiological response to her learning about being deceived by her partner. In April 2009, she had a second operation and said that she would "have a skin like a baby's".

Discography

Solo albums

* ''

'' (Sacrifice) (1995) * ''

'' (On Hold) (1997) * ''

'' (A Small Love) (1999) * '' Bebek'' (Baby) (2001) * '' Şak'' (Shock) (2003) * ''

'' (Make A Wish For Me) (2005) * ''

'' (Road With Lights) (2007) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Aşk En Büyüktür Her Zaman'' (2012) * '' Kendiliğinden Olmalı'' (2019)

Albums with Grup Vitamin

* ''Bol Vitamin'' (1990)

Albums with İzel-Çelik-Ercan

* '' Özledim'' (I Missed) (1991)

Albums with İzel-Ercan

* ''İşte Yeniden'' (1992)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Izel 1969 births Living people People from Yalova Turkish pop musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Turkey Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1991