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Mehmet Erdem
Mehmet Erdem (born 31 December 1978) is a Turkish musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for song "Herkes Aynı Hayatta". Life and career Mehmet Erdem was born in 1978 in Manisa. His family is originally from Arapgir. He studied at the İzmir Science High School and later graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in mechanical engineering. His father was a clarinetist, and his maternal uncle played bağlama and this encouraged him to become a musician. He first played mandolin at the age of 5. He later started playing bağlama and cümbüş. While at high school, he joined several bands both as a musician and a vocalist. In 1997, he moved to Istanbul to continue his studies and worked as a musician in different places. In 1999, he joined the Kardeş Türküler band and started a professional career. He then worked as a crew member during the production process for the studio albums of various artists. At the same time, he continued to learn oud, cümbüş, g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish pop music singer, songwriter and producer who has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and "''Minik Serçe''" ("Little Sparrow"). Aksu's influence on Turkish pop and world music has continued since her debut in 1975, and has been reinforced by her patronage of and collaboration with many other musicians, including Yonca Evcimik, Sertab Erener, Şebnem Ferah, Aşkın Nur Yengi, Hande Yener, Yıldız Tilbe, Işın Karaca, Seden Gürel, Harun Kolçak and Levent Yüksel. Sezen Aksu is widely known as a successful songwriter. Her work with Tarkan resulted in continental hits like "Şımarık" and "Şıkıdım" and her collaboration with Goran Bregović widened her international audience. In 2010, NPR named her as one of the "50 Great Voices" of the world. Biography Sezen Aksu was born in Sarayköy, Denizli, Turkey. Her father was a mathematics teacher. Her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarık Akan
Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. Early life Akan was born as Tarık Tahsin Üregül in Istanbul on 13 December 1949. He was the third child of the family after a daughter and a son. His family was constantly moving around Turkey due to his father's occupation in the military. Schooled in Erzurum, he completed the elementary education in Kayseri. Following his father's retirement, the family moved to Istanbul and settled in Bakırköy. Akan attended Yıldız Technical University to study mechanical engineering, graduated later from the College of Journalist. Before he started his acting career, he worked as a lifeguard at beaches and at a boat renting place in Bakırköy. He completed his military service in Denizli in 1979. He was jailed for two-and-half months with cell confinement following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. A right-wing politics dail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avrupa Avrupa
''Avrupa'' is a daily newspaper published in Northern Cyprus. Its chief editor is Şener Levent. It supports the reunification of Cyprus and espouses left-wing politics, left-wing values, being characterised in scholarship as Far-left politics, radical left. History ''Avrupa'' and the presidency of Denktaş The newspaper was first published on 17 September 1997 using the name ''Avrupa'' ("Europe" in Turkish). It opposed the policies of Rauf Denktaş, President of Northern Cyprus at the time, as well as the role Turkey played at the Cyprus problem. This resulted in the newspaper in over 100 lawsuits against the newspaper and attempts to close it down by confiscation of its property. On 29 December 1999, the newspaper was fined 120 billion Turkish liras (TL) as a result of lawsuits filed by Denktaş. With the contribution of inflation, the fines reached a total of 200 billion TL in 2001. It was also claimed that the newspaper did not pay its taxes and some of its equipment was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dol (film)
Dol may refer to: Places * Dol-de-Bretagne, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine ''département'', France * Mont-Dol, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine ''département'', France * Dol pri Borovnici, a village in Borovnica municipality, Slovenia * Dol pri Hrastniku, a village in Hrastnik municipality, Slovenia * Dol pri Hrastovljah, a village in the municipality of Koper, Slovenia * Dol pri Laškem, a village in Laško municipality, Slovenia * Dol pri Ljubljani, a municipality near Ljubljana, Slovenia * Dol pri Stopercah, a village in Majšperk municipality, Slovenia * Dol pri Vogljah, a village in Sežana municipality, Slovenia * Dol, Stari Grad, a village on the Croatian island of Hvar * Dol, Brač, a village near Postira on the Croatian island of Brač * Mali Dol, a village near Kraljevica, Croatia * Dugi Dol, a village near Krnjak, Croatia * Dol, Krašić, a village near Krašić, Croatia * Dol, Visoko, a village near Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Dół, Poland Other * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polis (film)
''Polis'' is a 2014 American science fiction short film directed by Steven Ilous. It was written by Steven Ilous and Daniel Perea. It won the New Regency and Defy Media Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group. Originally founded in 1996 as Alloy Online (later Alloy Digital), the final company was formed in 2013 by its merger with Break M ... PROTOTYPE competition in January 2015, the prize for which was a feature development deal at New Regency. Synopsis Set in the distant future, ''Polis'' is a sci-fi thriller about David Porter, a young telepath whose search for his mother threatens to uncover a utopian society’s horrifying secrets. Accolades * 2015: PROTOTYPE Grand Prize Winner * 2015: Vimeo Staff Pick * 2015: One Room With a View—Short of the Week (February 9, 2015) References External links Watch PolisTwitter page for Polis* Facebook Page for Polis 2014 science fiction films 2014 short fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşkın Nur Yengi
Aşkın Nur Yengi (born 3 July 1970) is a Turkish singer and actress. With her debut album Sevgiliye in 1990 she became one of the most successful Turkish singers of the '90s. Personal life Yengi married Haluk Bilginer in 2006 and they have a daughter. The couple divorced in 2012 after six years. Discography Albums Singles * "Peşindeyim" (2000) * "Allah'tan Kork" (with Mehmet Erdem) (2019) * "Baba" (2020) Filmography Theater *''Kadıncıklar'' (2001) Documentaries *''Kurtuluş'' Series *''Olacak O Kadar Televizyonu'', (2001) *''Cesur Kuşku'' *''Bayanlar Baylar'' Movies *''Ömerçip'' TV programs *''Altın Adımlar Yarışması'' - ( TRT) Awards *1987 – Kuşadası Golden Pigeon Song Contest *1988 – International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival *1989 – Çeşme Çeşme () is a coastal town and the administrative centre of the district of the same name in Turkey's westernmost end, on a promontory on the tip of the peninsula that also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet
''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the major Turkish newspapers, founded in 1948. , it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment value with news coverage. ''Hürriyet'' has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that were previously under the management of Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding). ''Hürriyet'' is printed in six cities in Turkey and in Frankfurt, Germany. , according to Alexa, its website was the tenth most visited in Turkey, the second most visited of a newspaper and the fourth most visited news website. On 21 March 2018, Doğan Yayın Holding, the parent company of Hürriyet, was sold to Demirören Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuzey Güney
''Kuzey Güney'' () is a Turkish television drama series. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a tough and rebellious son of an Istanbul baker, who comes back from prison four years after he confesses to a crime his brother, Güney, ( Buğra Gülsoy) committed. The series was broadcast on channel Kanal D in Turkey and produced by Ay Yapım. It premiered on September 7, 2011. ''Kuzey Güney'' aired on Wednesday at 8 pm (EEST, UTC+03:00) on Kanal D and from episode 61 onwards at 10 pm (EEST). The final episode was aired on June 26, 2013, after 80 episodes and 2 seasons. Plot Kuzey (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ) and Güney (Buğra Gülsüy) are brothers with the different characters, Kuzey is the rebellious with the good and noble heart while Güney is calm, The rivalry between the two brothers reaches a boiling point when they both fall in love with the same girl who is named Cemre (Öykü Karayel). A tragic e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
