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Turkey In The Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 by a music trio named Mazhar Fuat Özkan (names of the members) with the song "Sufi", written and composed by the trio. Before Eurovision 12. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali The national final featured songs written by seventeen composers directly invited by TRT. However, Attila Özdemiroğlu, one of the invited composers, did not submit a song for unknown reasons. The final took place on 13 February 1988 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Canan Kumbasar. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the head of the jury selected "Sufi" performed by MFÖ as the winner. At Eurovision On the night of the contest Mahzar Fuat Özkan performed fifth, after the United Kingdom and before the Netherlands. At the close of the voting Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. 8 participants had voted for Sufi. In the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MFÖ
Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan (MFÖ), also known by their original name Mazhar ve Fuat, is a Turkish pop and rock band with Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner and Özkan Uğur as members. While many of their songs poke fun at common Turkish types ("Ali Desidero", "Piskopatım") or satirise prejudice and corruption ("Deli Deli", "Rüşvet"), others are more spiritual in nature, showing their interest in Sufism ("Sufi", "Ateş-i Aşka"). In 1965, Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner first met at a record shop when Alanson saw Güner with a Beatles record in his hand and offered then a stranger Güner to listen the record together. Alanson and Güner would then start to work together and play in the Turkish band, Kaygısızlar, which includes other well known Turkish musicians like Ali Serdar, Semih Oksay, Fikret Kızılok, and Barış Manço. Having also played with Kaygısızlar, Özkan Uğur would start working with other musicians like Erkin Koray, Ersen ve Dadaşlar, and Kurtalan Ekspres after Kaygi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esin Engin
Esin Engin (May 17, 1945 – May 4, 1997) was a Turkish musician, composer, arranger and film actor. Biography He was born in Sivas, Turkey in 1945 to a family of Crimean Tatar origin. He graduated from North Collins High School in New York, US in 1963. Then he returned to Turkey and completed a journalist degree in Istanbul in 1968. Discography * ''Modern Oyun Havaları'' (1973) * ''Anadolu'' (1973) * ''Dünden Bugüne'' (1974) * ''Modern Oyun Havaları 2'' (1975) * ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 1'' (1989) * ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 2'' (1995) * ''Çiftetelli – Oyun Havaları, Vol. 3'' * ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 4'' (1996) * ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 1'' (1995) * ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 2'' (2000, posthumous album) * ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 3'' (2000, posthumous album) * ''Modern Fasıl'' (1978) * ''Nostaljik Fasıl'' (1992) * ''Tangolar'' (1974, reissued in 1996) * ''Son Tango'' (1998, posthumous album) * ''Best of Belly Dance from Turkey'' * ''Nostalgic Russian Tzigane'' (1990) * ''Gyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey In The Eurovision Song Contest
Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in , Turkey has only failed to qualify for the final once, in . Turkey won the contest once in , and hosted the contest in Istanbul. Turkey finished last on its debut at the contest in 1975, and went on to finish last with ''nul points'' in and . They reached the top ten for the first time in 1986. Åžebnem Paker achieved the country's first top five result in , finishing third with the song "Dinle". The country went on to achieve five more top five placements after the introduction of the free language rule and televoting, with Sertab Erener giving Turkey its first victory in with the song "Everyway That I Can". Turkey's other top five results are Athena (), Kenan DoÄŸulu (), Hadise (), who all finished fourth, and Manga (), who finished second. The Turkish broadcaster TRT announced in December 2012 that they would not participate in the , citin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish People
The Turkish people, or simply the Turks ( tr, Türkler), are the world's largest Turkic ethnic group; they speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic Turkish communities still live across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article 66 of the Turkish Constitution defines a "Turk" as: "Anyone who is bound to the Turkish state through the bond of citizenship." While the legal use of the term "Turkish" as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. The vast majority of Turks are Muslims and follow the Sunni and Alevi faith. The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the Anatolian Turks in Asia Minor has underlied and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, ''Unison'', establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atilla ÅžereftuÄŸ
Atilla Şereftuğ (born 16 November 1950) is a Turkish-Swiss songwriter, born in Istanbul. Career In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song "Pas pour moi". The song's co-composer was Nella Martinetti. "Pas pour moi" won the Swiss final and, performed by Daniela Simmons represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Bergen, Norway. It was voted into second place behind the Belgian entry. In 1988, along with Nella Martinetti, he once again qualified for the Swiss Eurovision heat, this time with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi," performed by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. By a small margin of seven votes the song won and went on to the final in Dublin. Consequently, in 1988, Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest, by an even smaller margin of just one point, with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi." See also * Eurovision Song Contest 1988 References External links * Hürriyet ''Hürriyet' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih Erkoç
Mehmet Fatih Erkoç (born 7 April 1953) is a Turkish jazz and pop music singer and composer. Biography Fatih Erkoç is the son of Hasan Erkoç, an oud musician. He gave a violin to his son when Fatih was three years old. Fatih studied at Istanbul Municipality Conservatory. He played trombone and worked with Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra. Then he went to Norway. He returned to Turkey in 1986. His first album is ''Nihayet''. He joined Kuşadası Golden Piegon Song Contest and won. His last album was ''Kör Randevu''. ''Elveda Ey Gençlik'' in this album is written by Hasan Erkoç. He joined the Lütfü Kırdar Concert on 24 February 2009. He was a part of the musicians in ''My Best Friends Are Vocalists'', the latest album of the Turkish jazz musician Ozan Musluoğlu, with his original composition 'As Long As You're Here With Me'. After the endless demands from the jazz audience in Turkey, he released ''True Love'' together with Ferit Odman on drums, Ercüment Orkut on piano an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melih Kibar
Melih Kibar (6 September 1951 – 7 April 2005) was a Turkish composer. Biography Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Boğaziçi University. He received a Master's degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. At the age of eight, Kibar enrolled at the Conservatory of Istanbul Municipality.Biography on Kibar's official website (in Turkish, last accessed September 3, 2007). He started his musical career in the school years and won a first prize as composer at the High School Music Contest in 1970. Until 1975 he worked with |
Reyhan Karaca
Reyhan Karaca (born 8 November 1970) is a Turkish singer. Early life and education Karaca was born as the daughter of actor Ahmet Karaca in Harbiye, ÅžiÅŸli. She grew up in a family that was closely associated with music. At the age of 8, she won the Istanbul Children's Choir award. After attending Harbiye Primary School, she passed the exams of Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory, and continued her education at the Instrument-Training Department. Her admiration of George Michael, led her pursue a musical career in 1984. She completed her secondary and college education at the Istanbul Technical University. She received her master's degree at the Istanbul Technical University Music Department. After her graduation, she worked as an instructor in Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory for three years. She also taught music at a private high school for a year and at a private college for a year. Career She started her professional music li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seden Gürel
Seden Gürel (born 12 September 1965) is a Turkish singer. She studied at Bahariye Middle school and Kadıköy Anatolian High School. Later she studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university .... She made her first recording at the age of 14. She has released seven albums in total. She was married to the musician, Aykut Gürel for 23 years until their divorce in 2012. On 20 July 2014, she married lawyer Macit Koçer. Albums * Bir Yudum Sevgi (1992) * Aklımı Çelme (1994) * Muhtemelen (1996) * Hesaplaşma (2002) * Bir Kadın Şarkı Söylüyor (2004) * Maia (Duet with Kerem Cem) (2005) * Bir Nefes (2008) * Seden Eurovision'da (2020) References External links Official website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurel, Seden 1965 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonca Evcimik
Fatma Yonca Evcimik (born 16 September 1963) is a Turkish pop singer and actress. Biography Evcimik studied dance and ballet at the Academy of Music at Mimar Sinan University. In an interview, she revealed that she worked as a sales agent for a life insurance company before starting her career. After graduation, she worked at plays as an actress and dancer. She also acted in the films " Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle" ve "Kızlar Sınıfı". Her debut album named "''Abone''" was released in 1991 and was a great success selling around two million copies. "''Kendine Gel''" was her second album and was released in 1993. Her third album "''Yonca Evcimik '94''" was released in 1994. In 1995, she released "''I'm Hot For You''" followed by her fifth album called "''Günaha Davet''" in 1998. In 2001, she released "''Herkes Baksın Dalgasına''" and in 2002 a remix album called "''The Best of Yoncimix Remixes''". Discography Albums * Abone (1991) * Kendine Gel (1993) * Yonca Evci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°lhan Ä°rem
İlhan İrem (born İlhan Aldatmaz; 1 April 1955 – 28 July 2022) was a Turkish singer and songwriter. sq:İlhan İrem Early life İlhan İrem was born in 1955 in Bursa. He had quite a free and happy childhood.İda Dağları’nda başlayan 21 yıllık evliliğin öyküsü Röportaj: Hanife Yaşar. '' Hürriyet Daily News'' Aile. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012. Music career He started taking solfeggio and singing lessons at secondary school but his music career started in high s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
