Juanito (born ''Jean Claude Safrana''; 1936 in

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) is a French singer of

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n descent who was popular in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

during the 1960s. Juanito went to

with his orchestra "Los Alcarson" in 1965. His orchestra left three months later, but Juanito chose to stay in Turkey. During those years, translations of French songs called "arrangements" (''aranjman'') were very popular in Turkey. He gained popularity with "Arkadaşımın Aşkısın" ( en, You're the love of my friend), which was a Turkish version of Enrico Macias's "La Femme de Mon Ami". Later, he sang several Turkish versions of popular French songs, mostly translated by Fecri Ebcioğlu and

Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (August 22, 1926 – November 4, 1984) was a Turkish poet. Life He was born on 22 August 1926 in Tarsus (Mersin Province). He studied in Konya and Eskişehir. He served as an accountant in the Niğde branch office and then ...

. He released several vinyl singles from

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. He left Turkey in 1971, after ''arrangements'' lost their popularity. In 2000, his vinyl recordings were released in an album titled ''Canım Vatanım'' ( en, My Dear Country). He also acted in the 1969 movie '' Tatlı Günler'' ( en, Sweet days).

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Juanito singing in Turkish
1936 births Living people French people of Algerian descent Tunisian emigrants to France Turkish people of Algerian descent 20th-century Turkish male singers {{Turkey-singer-stub