Ceylan Avcı (born 26 June 1974) is a Turkish singer, arranger, television presenter and actress. Her mother is from

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, and her father is from Pertek,

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. She emigrated to

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, West Germany with her family at the age of 8 and lived there until she was 15. in 1990, she returned to Turkey with her family. Ceylan started her career in 1984 as a child singer and actress. She started her career by taking recurring roles in a number of movies and released her own studio albums. Her 1986 album, ''Seni Sevmeyen Ölsün'', sold 1.3 million copies in Turkey. Her 2005 album, ''Ah Gönlüm'', received a gold certification from

Mü-Yap Mü-Yap, (officially Bağlantılı Hak Sahibi Fonogram Yapımcıları Meslek Birliği, Turkish: ''Turkish Phonographic Industry Society'') is the major organization representing the recording industry of Turkey. Mü-Yap is also an IFPI The Inte ...

. She has twice won Best Female Folk Singer at the Kral TV Video Music Awards. She hosted a 2012–2016 years of music television talk show under the name of ''Ceylan Show'' that aired on

Kanal 7 Kanal 7 is a Turkish Free-to-air nationwide Islamic TV channel established and on 27 July 1994. It has a terrestrial broadcast licence, and it is also available throughout Turkey via satellite. It airs Indian, Pakistani and Korean dramas. The ch ...

and

Samanyolu TV Samanyolu TV was an international Turkish language TV station with its headquarters in Istanbul. The channel is known for its closeness to Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the Gülen movement. Samanyolu TV was previously owned by Yayıncılık A. ...

Albums

* ''Yaktı Beni'' (

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Ferdi Tayfur Ferdi Tayfur (; born Ferdi Tayfur Turanbayburt; 15 November 1945 – 2 January 2025) was a Turkish singer, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter. He was born in the Taşçı neighbourhood of Adana and led a successful career in Arabesque ...

, 1984, Şah Plak) * ''Bir Gün Bana Döneceksin'' (1984, Şah Plak) * ''Kaderin Tuzakları'' (1985, Şah Plak) * ''Yolun Açık Olsun/Garip Anam'' (1985, Şah Plak) * ''Seni Sevmeyen Ölsün'' (1986, Şah Plak) * ''Sevmek Günah mı/Asker Türküsü'' (1986, Şah Plak) * ''Bırakmam Seni'' (1987, Şah Plak) * ''Sev Beni Seveyim Seni'' (1988, Şah Plak) * ''Sana da Güvenilmez/Ağlama Yar'' (1988, Şah Plak) * ''Vallah/Hep Ezildim'' (1989, Ceylan Music) * ''Allah Aşkına'' (1989, Cem Music) * ''Kadersiz Doğmuşum/Arabacı'' (1990, Ceylan Music) * ''Beni Bende Bitirdiler'' (1990, Ceylan Music) * ''Gurbet Yolcusu'' (1991, Şenay Music) * ''Hayret Nasıl Yaşıyorum'' (1991, Bayar Music) * ''Geri Ver Beni'' (1992, Bayar Music) * ''Şantaj/Montaj'' (1993, Özdemir Plak) * ''Kritik Etme Beni'' (1994, Özdemir Plak) * ''Kır Çiçeğim/Ayrılmam'' (1995, Özdemir Plak) * ''Canımdan Ayırdılar'' (1996, Kral Müzik) * ''Güldestim'' (1997, Prestij Music) * ''Ağlayı Ağlayı/Le Le Kirvo'' (1998, A1 Music) * ''Zeyno'' (

İbrahim Tatlıses İbrahim Tatlıses (born İbrahim Tatlı in 1952) is a Turkish folk singer and former actor of Arab-Kurdish descent. Since the 1970s he has been one of the best-known and most successful singers of the pop '' Arabesk'' style. Tatlıses has record ...

, 2000, İdobay Music) * ''Can Cana'' (2001, Universal Musics Records) * ''Söyle'' (2003, Raks Music) * ''Gelsene'' (

Orhan Ölmez Orhan Ölmez (born May 1, 1978)Ölmez Music) * ''Ah Gönlüm'' (8 April 2005, Özdemir Plak) (certificate: Golden) * ''Pirimi Ararım'' (1 September 2006, Popüler Music) * ''Sana Söz'' (23 March 2007, Özdemir Plak) * ''Bir Daha mı?'' (10 November 2008, Özdemir Plak) * ''Türkülerin Ceylan'ı'' (2009,

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) * ''Ceylan Arabesk'' (2011) * ''Kendisi Lazım'' (

Ankaralı Namık Namık Uğurlu (30 April 1976 – 18 October 2015), better known as Ankaralı Namık, was a Turkish singer. "Ankaralı" means from Ankara, denoting his musical style of Ankara's ethnic music Folk music is a music genre that includes tradit ...

, 2012) * ''Hım Hım Yar (Entarisi Dım Dım Yar)'' (2014) * ''Bana Bir Şey Söyle'' (2014) * ''Ceylan'dan 2016'' (2016, Ceylan Music)

Singles

* "Çeker Giderim" (2014, Uzelli Casette) * "Koptum Bu Gece" (2017, Divan Music) * "Kara Kız Kurbanın Olim" (2017, Zara Music) * "Tillillo" (2018, TMC Music) * "Severim Ama Güvenemem ki" (2019,

. Melodi Bozkurt, Kalan Music) * "Mamudo 2019" (

. Mahzuni Şerif, 2019, Kemal Aslan Music) * "Cennetim Ol" (2019, Olimpiyat Media Music) * "İlle de Sen" (

Azer Bülbül Subutay Kesgin, better known by his stage name Azer Bülbül (1 February 1967 – 6 January 2012), was a prominent Turkish folk singer and actor. Biography Azer Bülbül was born Subutay Kesgin in Arpaçay, Kars Province, Kars in Azerbaijanis, A ...

, 2020,

) * "Ne Feryat Edersin Divane Bülbül" (2020, GAM Music) * "Bir Sivaslı Uğruna" (2020, Emrah Music) * "Islanmış Kirpiklerin" (2021, Major Music) * "Birileri Kandırmış" (

. Yunus Bülbül, 2021, Minareci Plaque) * "Mashup" (2021, Melankolia Music) * "Senin Kadar Hiç Kimseyi Sevmedim" (2021,

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) * "Eski Tadım Yok Artık" (

. Uğur Işılak, 2021, Ferdfion Music) * "Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem" (

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, 2022, UKopuz Music) * "Yansın Ankara" (2022, Turkuola Music)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* *
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