''Neden'' (''Why?'') is

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's fourth studio album. It was released in March 2002. This album had significant differences with her previous works, as she was no longer working with

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. Instead, the album has songs mostly written by herself and Aylin Atalay. She proved her success in music-writing as well as performing. The CD version of the album has a cover with fragrance, the first of its kind in Turkey.

Track listing

Personnel

*Topkapı Müzik – production *Rıza Erekli – producer *Candan Erçetin – vocals, songwriter, composer, drums, goblet drum,

Turkish tambur The ''tambur'' (spelled in keeping with TDK conventions) is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. Like the ney, the armudi (lit. pear-shaped) kemençe and the kudüm, it constitutes one of the four ...

*Alper Erinç – composer, arranger, drums, guitar, mandolin, trumpet, Pro Tools editing *Aylin Atalay – songwriter *

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– songwriter *Ümit Aksu – songwriter *Bülent Erinç – arranger *Neslihan Engin – composer, arranger, tambur, production assistant *Özgür Buldum – arranger *Tansel Doğanay – arranger, accordion *Özcan Şenyaylar – accordion, violin, bowed string instrument composition *Muzaffer Şenyaylar – qanun *Şenyaylar Grubu – bowed string instruments *Günay Uysal – cello *Mustafa Süder – violin *Kirpi Bülent – clarinet * Hüsnü Şenlendirici – clarinet *Ali Yılmaz –

cümbüş The ''cümbüş'' (; ) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. It was developed in 1930 by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş (1881–1947) as an oud-like instrument that could be heard as part of a larger ensemble. The cümbüş is s ...

*Tolga Görsev – drums, tambur, vocals, recording (all except "Ben Böyleyim") *Başar Yakupoğlu – recording assistant (all except "Ben Böyleyim") *Nihal Bilgen – recording assistant (all except "Ben Böyleyim") *Gürsan Acar (Tomwelt Studios, Berlin) – mastering *Cengiz Ercümer – goblet drum *Can Şengün – guitar *Murat Ejder – guitar *Murat Matthew Erdem – recording *Seyfi Ayta – tambur, daf *Erkut Gökgöz – trumpet *Bozkurt Bayer – art director *Hakan Aydoğan – photography *Hakan Köse Difference – hair, make-up *Ali Özel – hair, make-up *Kerime Tekin – hair, make-up *Onur Ofset – printing Credits adapted from ''Neden''s album booklet.''Neden'' (album booklet).

. Topkapı Müzik. 2002. 8691331210224.

Release history

Notes

* A On the album's cover, it is mentioned that the composer of the second song, "Neden", is anonymous, however, the composers are in fact Attie Bauw and

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. The composition was first used in Usmonova's 1999 album ''Dünya'' (1999) for the song "Deme".

References

Candan Erçetin albums 2002 albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub