Dilber Ay (born Dilber Karakaş; 1 January 1956 – 29 April 2019) was a Turkish folk singer, songwriter and TV presenter.
Life
A member of the Kureyşan tribe, Ay was born on 1 January 1956 in
Pazarcık
Pazarcık is a town and district in the southern part of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The mayor Hayrettin Güngör from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected in the local elections 2019. Kaymakam is Adil Nas. The cement plan ...
to a family of
Yörük and
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
descent. She remained in Kahramanmaraş until finishing the third grade of primary school. Her family then moved to
Ankara
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and later settled in
Bolu
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The city has been governed by mayor Tanju Özcan ( CHP) since local elections in 2019. It was the site of Ancient Claudiopolis ...
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Düzce
Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Province in Turkey. The population is 367,087 and in 2009 was 125,240, an increase from 61,878 in 1990.
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. While studying in Düzce, at the age of 13 she was married to a much older man. Before marrying she had competed in a music contest broadcast on radio in Düzce, called ''Güzel Ses''. During the contest, she sang a
türkü
Turkish folk music (''Türk Halk Müziği'') is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under ...
, called ''Gönül Gel Seninle Muhabbet Edelim'', and won the contest. After giving birth to two children, she separated from the man she was married to. In 1998, she married her second husband, İbrahim Karakaş, who was 15 years her junior. After making her breakthrough on radio, she released 24 albums. She was also sent to prison twice in Germany. Aside from her career as a musician, she presented Flash TV's ''Kadere Mahkûmlar'' program.
Death
A resident of Düzce, Ay suffered from inflammation in her foot after cutting her toenail and died on 29 April 2019 at a hospital in Ankara.
Her body was buried on 30 April 2019 at a cemetery in Düzce.
Albums
*''Dilberay'' (1974)
*''3 - Türküola'' (1975)
*''Meyrik'' (1981)
*''HazaL'' (1986)
*''Barak Muhabbeti 1'' (1987)
*''Barak Muhabbeti 2'' (1988)
*''Postaci Emmi'' (1990)
*''Oturak Havaları'' (1990)
*''Yandim Eyvah'' (1993)
*''Dağlar Oy'' (1993)
*''Bırak Ona Da Dokunma'' (1994)
*''Kisi Bitmez Daglarimin'' (1995)
*''Barak Kızı'' (1996)
*''Ölesen Gelin'' (1999)
*''Sürdüler Beni - Sen Tasmisin Demirmi'' (2000)
*''Bırakmadı Sevdan Beni - Yabancı'' (2001)
*''Oturdum Mezar Taşına'' (2002)
*''Maraşlı Gelin'' (2004)
*''Hasrete Koştuk'' (2005)
*''Alıp Başımı Gideyim'' (2005)
*''Hacı Ağa (Sarı Sabahlık)'' (2007)
*''Ellerin Olmuş'' (2008)
*''Ötme Bülbül'' (2009)
*''Be Zalim - İtfaiyeci'' (2010)
*''Darıldım Sana'' (2011)
*''Yasmı Varda Mahallede'' (2019)
Filmography
* ''
Beynelmilel'' (Arzum) - 2006
* ''Hayat Sana Güzel'' - 2014
* ''
Mazlum Kuzey'' - 2014
* ''
Figüran'' - 2015
* ''
Yol Arkadaşım'' - 2017
* ''
Yol Arkadaşım 2'' - 2018
Awards
* 14th
Golden Boll Film Festival, "Best Supporting Actress" - ''
Beynelmilel'' (2007)
References
External links
* {{IMDb name, 6792703
1956 births
2019 deaths
Turkish people of Kurdish descent
20th-century Turkish women singers
21st-century Turkish women singers
People from Pazarcık