Funda Arar (; born 8 April 1975) is a Turkish singer. Funda Arar spent her early childhood in Ankara, where she was born, and later in

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and

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. She studied at

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's music conservatory, specialicizing in the

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. Her first album ''Sevgilerde'' came out in 1999, became a big hit, especially the song "Aysel". ''Sevgiliye'' was released a year later and included hits like "Seni Düşünürüm" and "Cesminaz" in collaboration with Kıraç. ''Alagül'' and ''Sevda Yanığı'', her third and fourth albums came out in 2002 and 2003, which had the songs "Haberin Var mı?", "Aşksız Kal". Arar's album ''Son Dans'' was released in December 2005 following a long break. Recently, she released the much anticipated ''Rüya'' (2008) (

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), in which she sang songs in a variety of

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s such as Hicaz, Rast, Hüzzam, Muhayyerkürdî, Uşşak, Kürdîlihicazkâr, and Nihavend. In this album, she was accompanied by a master ensemble of (

) under the directorship of Yaşar Okyay. She is married with Febyo Taşel since 2004 who is also producer of all of her albums. In 2013, they had a child named Aras.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2000: ''Sevgilerde'' * 2002: ''Alagül'' * 2003: ''Sevda Yanığı'' * 2006: ''Son Dans'' (

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 ...

certification: Platinum) * 2008: ''Rüya'' * 2009: ''Zamanın Eli'' * 2011: ''Aşkın Masum Çocukları'' * 2012: ''Sessiz Sinema'' * 2015: ''Hoşgeldin'' * 2017: ''Aşk Hikayesi'' * 2018: ''Arabesk''

EPs

* 2001: ''Sevgiliye'' (with Kıraç) * 2007: ''Beyaz Gelincik'' (with Kıraç) * 2020: ''Doldur Yüreğimi'' * 2022: ''Boşver''

Charts

Filmography

Television programs

* ''Funda Arar'la Performans'' (2005) * ''Gölgeler (2006) * ''Söz Müzik Funda Arar'' (2008–2009)

References

External links

* 1975 births Living people Istanbul Technical University alumni Musicians from Ankara 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish women singers Golden Butterfly Award winners {{Turkey-singer-stub