''Önsöz'' (''Foreword'') is the seventh studio album by Turkish singer

Gülşen Gülşen is a Turkish given name for females (originally from Persian Golshan/گلشن, means place of flowers). People named Gülşen include: * Gülşen Aktaş (born 1957), Turkish schoolteacher and political scientist * Gülşen Bayraktar, Tu ...

. It was released on 22 December 2009 by

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and

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Content and release

The album consisted of 11 songs in total, ten of which were written and composed by Gülşen herself, who took inspiration from the events in her own life when preparing the lyrics. It was recorded at Sarı Ev studios and produced and arranged by

Ozan Çolakoğlu Ozan Çolakoğlu (, born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company ''Sarı Ev'' (Yellow House), but ...

. Aside from its new songs, the album contains a cover of "Dillere Düşeceğiz Seninle", which was originally performed by

Nazan Öncel Nazan Öncel (; born 6 February 1956) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. She also does the arrangements for most of them and has written songs for such singers as Tarkan (singer), Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses. Biography and career In 1978, her son ...

for her 1994 album ''Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim''. The songs "Bi' An Gel" and "Ezberbozan" ranked first and third on

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respectively. "Önsöz" and "Dillere Düşeceğiz Seninle" were also among the top 10 on the official chart, occupying the sixth and tenth place respectively.

Music videos

Nihat Odabaşı Nihat Odabaşı (born 21 May 1968) is a Turkish fashion photographer and music video director. Odabaşı was born in Siverek. He had his elementary, middle, and high school education in Siverek, Diyarbakır and Istanbul respectively. After his gr ...

directed three of the album's four music videos: "Bi' An Gel", "Ezberbozan", and "Dillere Düşeceğiz Seninle". The music video for "Ezberbozan" was shot at Film Sokağı in Istanbul. Her new image and appearance in the video was compared by some to that of American actress

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. For the hippie-themed music video of the song "Önsöz", Gülşen worked with the stylist Ceyda Balaban. The music video was directed by Murat Onbul.

Reception

Mehmet Tez of ''

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'' praised the graphic design and style of the album's cover, and found it suitable for Gülşen's style. He also believed that her collaboration with Ozan Çolakoğlu was a key factor for the album's success, yet added that she should avoid putting songs from completely different genres in one album.

Track listing

All of the songs were written and composed by Gülşen, unless stated otherwise.

Personnel

* Gülşen – singer-songwriter * Ozan Çolakoğlu – producer, composer , arranger, keyboard, programming, backing vocals * Nazan Öncel – songwriter * Erdem Sökmen – guitar * Mehmet Akatay – percussion * Ömer Aslan – percussion * Cengiz Ercümer – percussion * Fatih Ahıskalı –

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cümbüş The ''cümbüş'' (; ) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. It was developed in 1930 by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş (1881–1947) as an oud-like instrument that could be heard as part of a larger ensemble. The cümbüş is sh ...

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* Ahmet Türkmenoğlu – bass * Motor Ali Yılmaz –

bağlama The ''bağlama'' or ''saz'' is a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Kurdish music, Armenian music and in parts of Syria, Iraq ...

* Gündem –

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s * Özgür Yurtoğlu – electric guitar * Serdar Barçın –

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* Eyüp Hamiş –

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* Cihan Okan – backing vocals * Eda Pala – backing vocals * Ercüment Vural – backing vocals * Yeşim Vatan – backing vocals * Emir – backing vocals * Kaan – backing vocals * Emirhan Cengiz –

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* Seda Seber – recording * Bahadır Sağdaş –

string instruments String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments by plucking the Str ...

group recording * Özgür Yurtoğlu – mixing * Chris V. Rautenkranz – mastering *

– photographs, graphic design * Ceyda Balaban – image, concept * Seyit Karakaş – hair * Yıldırım Özdemir – hair * Erkan Uluç – make-up * Republica – graphic design * Onur Ofset – printing Credits adapted from ''Önsöz''s album booklet.''Önsöz'' (album booklet).

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Release history

References

External links

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