Linet Mor Menashe (
Turkish
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*** Turkish alphabet
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: Linet Menaşi, , born 5 March 1975) is an Israeli-born
Turkish-Jewish
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singer, best known for her performances of
arabesque
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and
pop
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Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
music. She is very popular in
Turkey
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,
Israel
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, and the
Middle East
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, mostly thanks to her grasp over
multiple languages (specifically
Turkish
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,
Hebrew
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,
Arabic
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,
Greek,
Spanish, and
English
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).
Biography
Linet was born and raised in
Israel
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. Her family had immigrated from Spain in the 15th century to the
Ottoman Empire
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, like most
Sephardic Jews, following the 1492
Alhambra decree
The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion; Spanish: ''Decreto de la Alhambra'', ''Edicto de Granada'') was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain ( Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Arag ...
, which exiled all Jews from
Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
**
* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
**
**
* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
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. Her mother, Leyla Özgecan (also known as Leya Bonana, ), was a
Turkish classical music
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singer from
Bursa
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.
Her father, Shmuel Menashe, was a resident of
Istanbul
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. Both of her parents are
Turkish
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-
Jews
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(specifically,
Sephardic
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). She has two sisters.
On 18 March 2022, Linet's mother, Leyla Özgecan, died.
Despite reports that she had served in the Israeli Army for 3 months,
Linet stated in 2021 that she had avoided serving in the military, after which she became a resident in
Turkey
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.
Linet currently resides at
Ataşehir
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,
Istanbul
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.
Career
Linet started her career singing together with her mother in events when she was as young as 5, and released her first single at the age of 16.
In 1993, she participated in the
Kdam Eurovision for winning a chance to represent
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Shiru" by Lehakat Shiru after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision.
Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 1993
This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to ...
with the song "Aniana" () but was placed tenth. She released her first album in Turkey in 1995. Linet met
Orhan Gencebay
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when she was 17 years old and released an album consisting of Gencebay's songs. She earned two
gold certifications with this album.
Linet returned to live in Israel between 1999 and 2006, where apart from recording albums in Hebrew, she opened a candy store.
[ Besides Turkish and Hebrew, she has recorded songs in Arabic, Greek, Spanish, and English as well.
After an absence of two years in the Turkish music scene, she returned with a completely new look, performing as a guest at the '' İbo Show''.][ Linet had been mentioned among the candidates to participate in the 2021 season of '']The X Factor Israel
''The X Factor Israel'' ( he, אקס פקטור ישראל) is the Israeli version of the British television music competition ''The X Factor'', created by Simon Cowell. The show started airing fall of 2013 on Reshet.
Judges and hosts
The first t ...
'', which selects the Israeli representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 held in Italy. She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In August 2021, Linet performed together with the Jerusalem Orchestra East&West at the Arabesque Festival held in the city of Akko, and also recorded ''Yalnız değilsin''/''חומות חימר'' ("You are not alone"/"Walls of Clay"), a song dedicated to women facing oppression around the world. The song was recorded in Arabic, Hebrew and Turkish.
Discography
Albums
''* Flags indicate the country in which the album was primarily released.
# ''Birlikte Söyleyelim / שירו איתנו''
# ''Para Para / כסף הכסף''
# ''Hayatın Çiçeği, Anne / פרח החיים ,אמא''
# ''Et Libi Koveş / את ליבי כובש''
# ''Linet'' (1995)
# ''Linet'in Müzik Kutusu'' (1997)
# ''Ölümsüz Aşk'' (1999)
# ''אישה אחרת / Different Woman'' (2003)
# ''Layla'' (2004)
# ''Paylaşmak İstiyorum'' (2009)
# ''Kalbimin Sahibi Sen'' (2011)
# ''Yorum Farkı'' (2012)
# ''Yorum Farkı II'' (2015)
# ''Bilir misin?'' (2018)
Singles
# ''Yatsın Yanıma'' (2020)
# ''חומות חימר / Yalnız değilsin'' (2021)
# ''Ne Ağladım'' (2022)
# ''סופים מאושרים / Mutlu Sonlar'' (2022)
Music videos
* Çocuksun Sen Daha
* Çaresizim
* Şeytan Diyor Ki
* Ölümsüz Aşk Bu
* Kim Özler
* O Kim Oluyor
* Aşk Ordusu
* Aslan Gibiyim
* Sözümden Dönmem
* Sürünüyorum
* Şu Saniye
* Adını Sen Koy
* Resim
* İncir
* Geçer
* Aman Aman
* Kandıra Kandıra
* Hikâye
* İhtimal
* Yatsın Yanıma
* Ne Ağladım
Awards
References
External links
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Living people
1975 births
Turkish Jews
Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent
21st-century Turkish women singers
21st-century Israeli women singers
The X Factor contestants