Emel Sayın (born 20 November 1945) is a Turkish singer and actress.

Life

She was born in

Şarkışla Şarkışla is a town in the Central Anatolian Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Ahmet Turgay Oğuz ( AKP). 2011 population of Şarkışla is 39.413. Aşık Veysel, one of the most famous Turkish folk poets and folk music singers of the 2 ...

district of

Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayser ...

on 20 November 1945, to an Albanian father who immigrated from

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; ...

, and a mother from

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location ...

. Her parents moved frequently and she had to attend primary and secondary schools in various cities such as Kayseri,

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

and

Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...

. Finally she graduated from Teachers College of Çapa in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. However by then, she had already chosen a career in music.Musicians bio page
/ref> Emel Sayın married three times. Her first marriage was to İsmet Kasapoğlu in 1966. The couple divorced in 1975, but remarried a year later. Their marriage ended in 1979. From June 1979 to September 1981, she was married to Selçuk Aslan. Her third and final husband was David Younnes, whom she married in 1986 and divorced in 1999.

Music career

After serving three years in

Istanbul Municipal Conservatory The Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkish: İstanbul Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuarı) is a music, theatre, dance university in Istanbul. It is the oldest conservatory and the oldest continually operating music school in Turkey. It o ...

she got on the stage in 1962 in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

while she was only 17. Next year she became a singer of

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish : ) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio provider in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio ...

(TRT) for seven years. She then moved to İstanbul to sing in the music halls. She also created music albums. Her genre was

Turkish classical music Ottoman music ( tr, Osmanlı müziği) or Turkish classical music ( tr, Türk sanat müziği) is the tradition of classical music originating in the Ottoman Empire. Developed in the palace, major Ottoman cities, and Sufi lodges, it traditionally ...

Later she began playing in the cinema and television films. In 1998 she received the title

state artist State Artist ( tr, Devlet Sanatçısı, also sometimes translated as "National Artist") is an honorary title granted to prominent artists by the government of Turkey for their contributions to the Turkish culture. It was established in 1971 by the P ...

. Before the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

(1978), she was present in Iranian cinema as an actress for a while, in addition to performing several live music. She also performed the famous song

Gole Sangam "Gole Sangam" ( fa, گل سنگم) sometimes "Gol-e Sangam" or just "Gole Sang" ( fa, گل سنگ, links=no) is an iconic Persian language song from the 1970s, composed by the Iranian composer and pianist Anoushiravan Rohani and lyrics written by ...

with Ava Bahram during a joint concert in 2018 in Istanbul.

Discography

;Albums * 1970: ''Askin Kanunu'' * 1971: ''Sus Sus Sus'' * 1971: ''Gel Gel Gel'' * 1971: ''Doyamadım Sana'' * 1972: ''Son On Yılın En Sevilen On Şarkısı'' * 1975: ''Emel Sayın 73'' * 1975: ''Emel Sayın 74'' * 1975: ''Emel Sayın 75'' * 1975: ''Emel'in Dünyası'' * 1976: ''Emel Sayın 76'' * 1977: ''Emel Sayın (İran)'' * 1978: ''Sensiz Olmuyor'' * 1979: ''Rüzgar'' * 1980: ''Emel'in Seçtikleri'' * 1982: ''Bir Şarkıdır Yalnızlığım'' * 1985: ''Sevgiler Yağsın'' * 1986: ''Sevgisiz Yaşayamam'' * 1988: ''Sevdalılar'' * 1989: ''Kanımda Kıvılcım'' * 1990: ''Üzüldüğün Şeye Bak'' * 1991: ''İstanbul Şarkıları'' * 1992: ''Gücendim Sana'' * 1993: ''El Bebek Gül Bebek'' * 1997: ''Başroldeyim'' * 2000: ''Ah Bu Şarkılar'' * 2000: ''Dinle 2001'' * 2006: ''Emel Sayın Münir Nurettin Söylüyor'' ;Singles * 2009: "Haylazım" * 2011: "Mavi Boncuk" * 2013: " Hep Bana"

Acting career

Sayın, who has appeared in various movies and TV series throughout her career, was given the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 53rd

International Antalya Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most impor ...

in 2016.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayin, Emel 1945 births Living people Turkish women singers People from Şarkışla Turkish film actresses Turkish people of Macedonian descent