Engin Ayhan (9 January 1984 – 25 December 2020), commonly known as Engin Nurşani, was a Turkish-

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. He started his music career with the ''Adına Bir Çizik Çektim''

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in 2003, and released eight albums in total until he had

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in 2019 and took a temporary break from his music career. On 25 December 2020, he died at

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Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital at around 07:00am (UTC+3).

Life and career

Nursani was born in 1984 as one of two children of a

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father and a

mother. His father, Ali Ayhan (born 1959), is a

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artist. When he was a child, he was trained in music by his father and attended

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Discography

*''Adına Bir Çizik Çektim'' (2003) *''Mutlu musun?'' (2004) *''Sen Nefsine Köle Oldun'' (2006) *''Üç Ozan Üç Oğul'' (2008) *''Üç Ozan Üç Oğul 2'' (2011) *''Gözün Aydın'' (2012) *''Kolay mı Sandın?'' (2017) *''Bu Dünyada Yalnız Kaldım'' (2021)

References

External links

Engin Nursani's Songtext
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