Ayşegül Coşkun (born 17 June 1985) is a Turkish singer, actress, and

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Early life

Coşkun was born on 17 June 1985 in

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. Her family originates from Erzincan. She was raised in an artistic family and was exposed to music from her childhood. Her father played

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s. She attended Firuza primary school, Kocataş Barbaros secondary school, and a high school in Sarıyer. According to her interview with ''Önce Vatan Gazetesi'', Coşkun played in school bands throughout her education. She studied

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Atatürk University Atatürk University ( tr, Atatürk Üniversitesi) is a land-grant university established in 1957 in Erzurum, Turkey. The university consists of 23 faculties, 18 colleges, 8 institutes and 30 research centers. Atatürk University's main campus i ...

on the insistence of her family. After one year working in a private bank as an accountant, she became angry with her boss, and wrote several songs, ultimately leaving her job for songwriting and singing. She took some lessons on how to play

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and

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as well as dancing and singing.

Career

For Turkish audience

Coşkun released her first audio track titled "Gerçeğim Seninle" in 2014. "Cuk" was her first music video. She has a contract with ''Ayor Müzik''. "Vur Dizine", "Duvardaki Gülüşler", "Deniz Ol Gel", and "Liman" are some of her later works. She told the '' Akşam Daily'' that because she is a

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, she feels herself a different person every day she wakes up and that is why her works are so different from each other. She has not achieved much fame in Turkey.

Discography

This is a list of musical works she has published as of 2021, all being

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except for ''Söz Verdim'' which is both the name of an album and a single.

For Iranian audience

In 2019, Coşkun played the character Nazan in ''

Motreb ''Motreb'' ( fa, مطرب, meaning The Singer) is a 2019 Iranian comedy film directed, written, and produced by Mostafa Kiaie and starring Parviz Parastui, Elnaz Shakerdoost, Mehran Ahmadi, Ayşegül Coşkun, and Mohsen Kiaie. The film is abou ...

'', the highest-grossing Iranian movie ever, becoming famous there. She learned

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for her role in two months and wrote two songs for the movie as well. At first, Meryem Uzerli was considered for this role, but finally Coşkun was selected because Uzerli could not speak Persian. Being interested in Persian since childhood, Coşkun spoke it with her Iranian friends day and night for two weeks to develop a better command of the language. In 2021, she played Ayla in the third season of ''

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''. Coşkun performed a Turkish

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of " Behet Ghol Midam", the most viewed Iranian music video on YouTube, by

Mohsen Yeganeh Mohsen Yeganeh ( fa, محسن یگانه; born May 13, 1985) is an Iranian singer and musician. He performed at many concerts including one at the Fajr International Music Festival. Early life Mohsen Yeganeh was born in Gonbad-e Kavus to Pers ...

, who was the producer of the Turkish work as well. She also released "In Sedây-e Man-e", the closing credits soundtrack of ''Motreb'', a duet with

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, whose Turkish lyrics she wrote. Apart from her native

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, she can sing in Persian, Spanish, and Greek. Her clothing style has attracted the attention of people interested in fashion in Iran.

Filmography

References

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