Behiye Aksoy (born Behiye Tetiker; 19 September 1933 – 31 May 2015) was a
Turkish
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female singer of Turkish classical music genre.
Early years
She was born in
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 ...
on 19 September 1933. Her maiden surname was Tetiker. After primary school in İstanbul, her family moved to
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, where she finished junior high school.
Music career
At the age of 15, she applied to audition with
Ankara Radio
Ankara Radio () is a nationwide radio network broadcasting from Ankara. Its first broadcast was on 6 November 1927, by a 5 kW longwave
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. She was among the five successful candidates out of 200. She was one of the Turkish music singers of Ankara Radio for nine years. In 1958, for the first time she got on stage in Ankara. Three years later, she moved to İstanbul and became one of the two star performers of the "Maksim Gazino", the most famous night club of Turkey at the time. The other star performer was
Zeki Müren
Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his co ...
.
She also released records, about 100 45-rpm and 20 LPs. She played in four films. She received a platinum diadem for her success from her record company.
Private life
She married three times. The first was with Halil Aksoy, a musician between 1952 and 1963. Halil Aksoy was the father of her only son Ahmet Kazım. Although they were divorced, she kept the surname Aksoy. Her two other marriages were short-lived. Between 1973 and 1974, she married Berker İnanoğlu, a film producer. Her third marriage was with Fahrettin Aslan, the owner of the Maksim night club, which also ended in the same year.
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She died in İstanbul on 31 May 2015.]Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery () is a modern burial ground in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts rest here.
The ce ...
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Albums
Her albums are the following:
Filmography
The films she took part are the following;
References
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1933 births
Singers from Istanbul
20th-century Turkish women singers
Turkish classical singers
2015 deaths
Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Turkish radio people