Ceylan Ertem (born 1 December 1980) is Turkish singer-songwriter.

Early life and career

Ceylan Ertem started her musical career by joining the Akhisar Municipality’s children choir. She started learning how to play piano in 1995 and moved to Istanbul in 1999 to continue her musical education. There she attended the Mujdat Gezen Art Academy and studied Western Music for 2 years. Then she enrolled in the Musicology department of Yıldız Technical University for her bachelor degree. In 2000, she formed the band

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with Tuncay Korkmaz. Anima, with its all members studying in the same faculty at the YTU, released their first and only album ''Animasal'' in 2006. In 2008, she started producing the radio show ''SubidaP'' on Acık Radyo, the show aired for 26 weeks.

International work

In 2008, she recorded with Philipp Gropper and Wanja Slavin in Berlin for the project "Octophone". Later, she had many concerts in Berlin as well. She worked with other European bands such as "United Fools" of France and “Barana” of Netherlands.

Albums

In 2010, she released her first solo album. The album was called ''Soluk''. She recorded the whole album with 40 musicians. She continued with her solo career with ''Ütopyalar Güzeldir'' in 2012, ''Amansız Gücenik'' in 2014, and cover album ''YUH!'' in 2015. In 2016, she was invited to work on the project which was attributed to

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, on which she covered ''Kiz Cocugu''. She released her 4th studio album ''Yine de Amin'' in February 2017.

Discography

;Solo albums * ''Soluk'' (2010) * ''Ütopyalar Güzeldir'' (2012) * ''Amansız Gücenik'' (2014) * ''YUH!'' (2015) * ''Yine de Amin'' (2017) * ''Seni Senin Gibiler Sevsin'' (2019) * ''Cahille Sohbeti Kestim'' (2020) * ''Duyuyor Musun?'' (2022) ;Split albums * ''Animasal'' (with

) (2006) * ''Xenopolis'' (with Barana) (2011) ;Singles * "Kör Heves" (duet with

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) (2014) * "Hileli" (with Kolektif İstanbul) (2018) * "Gel Sevelim" (2018) * "Mavi Çocuklar" (2018) * "Adem Olan Anlar" (2020) * "Seyrüsefer" (feat. Melike Şahin) (2020) * "Orman" (feat. Duygu Soylu) (2020) * "Dünya Heveslisi" (2020) * "Şeker Anne" (feat. Yunus Emre Ersoy) (2020) * "Dardayım" (2021) * "Çaresiz" (2021) * "Gönül Çalamazsan Aşkın Sazını" (feat.

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) (2021) * "Sis" (2021) * "O Son Kusura Bakacaktık" (2022) ;As featured artist * "Zalım" (from the album ''Mahzuni'ye Saygı'') (2017) * "Aşık Oluyorum Eyvah" (from the album ''İlhan Şeşen: Hediyem'') (2018) * "Çukur Benim" (with Ozan Doğulu & Kubilay Aka) (2019) * "Sitem" (from the album ''Altın Düetler 2'') (2019) * "Destina" (from the album ''Hikayesi Var'') (2020) * "Benim İçin Üzülme" (from the album ''Saygı Albümü: Bergen'') (2022) * "Rüzgar" (from the album ''Yeni Türkü Zamansız'') (2022)

References

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