''Gülümse'' is

Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish pop music singer, songwriter and producer who has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and "''Minik Serçe''" ("Little Spar ...

's Turkish release and her most commercially successful album in Turkey. The album sold more than 2 million and is one of the best-selling Turkish album. Sezen Aksu on this album again worked with

Onno Tunç Ohannes Tunçboyacı, better known as Onno Tunç (December 20, 1948 – January 14, 1996), was a leading Armenian-Turkish musician, working mainly as a composer, arranger and a music producer. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double ...

and

Aysel Gürel Gönül Aysel Gürel (7 February 1929 – 17 February 2008) was a Turkish lyricist and actress. Besides her lyrics, which were performed by singers throughout Turkey, she was known for her outlandish clothing, make up and wigs. Biography Ays ...

Track listing

Personnel

*Kudret Coşkun: Executive-producer *Onno Tunç: Producer, all instruments and arrangements, except for the following (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10) *Aykut Gürel - Sound engineer *Duyal Karagözoğlu - Sound engineer *Curtis Schwartz - Mixing *

Sertab Erener Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990s ...

- Vocal (1,7) *

Levent Yüksel Levent Uğur Yüksel (born October 21, 1964) is a Turkish pop singer and multi instrumentalist. He has been active in live music industry since 1993. Life Yüksel's interest in arts and music started in an early age. He started to play violin at ...

- Vocal (1,7) * Seden Gurel - Vocal (1,7) *

Arto Tunçboyacıyan Arto Tunçboyacıyan ( hy, Արտո Թունջբոյաջյան; hyw, Արթօ Թունճպոյաճեան, Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is a United States-based avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian ...

- Supervisor, percussion instruments (2,3,4,5,8) Vocal (2,3,4,8) *Ahmet Kadri Rizeli -

kemenche Kemenche ( tr, kemençe) or Lyra is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Armenia, Greece, Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. and regions adjacent to the Black S ...

(4) *Tamer Pınarbaşı - Kanun (4) *Ara Dinkjian - Ud (6) *Celal Bağlan: darbuka (7) *Seyfi Hayta: Def (7) *Serdar Erbaşı: Hollo,

Bendir The ''bendir'' ( ar, بندير, plural ''banadir'', ) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia. The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played ...

(7) *Reyhan Dinletir: Bongo (7) *İlyas Tetik: Violin (7) *Ergin Kızılay: Ud (7) *

Atilla Özdemiroğlu Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...

- Instruments and arrangements (7) *Sevingül Bahadır: Vocal (7) *Ercan Irmak:

Ney The ''ney'' ( fa, Ney/نی, ar, Al-Nāy/الناي), is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Persian music and Arabic music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played continually ...

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

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Özkan Uğur Raif Özkan Uğur (born October 17, 1953) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor. He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Reşat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing ...

- Bass Guitar (9) *

Fuat Güner Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor. Early life He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami G ...

- Acoustic Guitars, Musical Instruments and regulations (9) *Orhan Topçuoğlu - Percussion instruments (10)

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Personnel

Charts

All-time charts

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