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Belkıs Özener
Belkıs Özener (born 28 March 1940) is a Turkish singer. Life and career Özener was born in the Kestelli neighborhood of İzmir as the third child of road contractor Mehmet from Erzincan and Yugoslavian immigrant Fatma Aras. She has two elder sisters named Belma and Gönül. In 1952, and after her sister Gönül Yazar successfully passed exams to get a job in radio, she moved to Ankara and later to Istanbul with Yazar. Özener soon started taking music lessons from Alâeddin Yavaşça, Zeki Duygulu and Radife Erten and won a song contest as well. At the age of 14, she appeared with Sabite Tur Gülerman on stage as a part of her music personnel. She later got a job by joining Perihan Altındağ's staff at Tepebaşı Casino, where she performed on stage. She initially released records under the name Belkıs Yazar. At the age of 16, she married Rauf Köksalan, with whom she has three children named Benek, Bengü and Barkın. After marrying, unlike her sister Gönül Yazar w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglomeration on the Aegean Sea after Athens. As of the last estimation, on 31 December 2019, the city of Ä°zmir had a population of 2,965,900, while Ä°zmir Province had a total population of 4,367,251. Its built-up (or metro) area was home to 3,209,179 inhabitants extending on 9 out of 11 urban districts (all but Urla and Guzelbahce not yet agglomerated) plus Menemen and Menderes largely conurbated. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Ä°zmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. Ä°zmir has more than 3,000 years of recorded urban history, and up to 8,500 years of history as a human settlemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
