Ferhat Göçer (born 11 May 1970) is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter and physician.
Born to a family with
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
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**Southern ...
origin as the eldest son of his parents, Göçer was born in Birecik and raised in
Ä°zmit
Ä°zmit () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 376,056 (2022). The capital of Kocaeli Province, it is located at the Gulf of Ä°zmit in the Sea ...
. At his parents' request, he started his education at the age of 4.
In 1985 he graduated from Ä°zmit High School. He later won a scholarship for Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and in 1988 got enrolled in Istanbul University State Conservatory Singing Department after which he worked as a contractor for State Opera and Ballet.
From November 2012 to May 2014, he was a
UNICEF
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goodwill ambassador for Turkey. In 2017, he retired after 25 years of working as a physician.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
EPs
Singles
Split albums
Charts
References
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Living people
1970 births
Turkish pop singers
20th-century Turkish physicians
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine alumni
Turkish people of Kurdish descent
21st-century Turkish male singers
21st-century Turkish physicians