Pembe Nihal Munsif (born 27 April 1948), better known as Nil Burak, is a

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pop singer and actress who is famous in

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and

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Biography

She was born in

Lefka Lefka ( el, Λεύκα; tr, Lefke) is a town in Cyprus, overlooking Morphou Bay. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. In 2011, the town proper had 3,009 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Lefke District of Northern Cyprus ...

in 1948. She is best known for her hit song '' Sen de Başını Alıp Gitme'' ("Don't you run away, too"). Nil Burak is also the winner of 1985 Medifestival from Turkey with ''Güneş Bir Kere Doğdu'' ("The sun rose once").

Discography

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* ''Ben Anlamam / Seni İyi Tanırım'', ("I don't Understand / I Recognize You Well") (Atlas-1975) * ''Bir Eski Şarkı / Birisine Birisine'', ("An Old Song / I Fell in Love with Somebody") (Atlas-1975) * ''Canıma Değsin -

Ya Mustafa "Ya Mustafa" also spelled "Ya Mustapha" (in Arabic يا مصطفى), is a well-known multilingual song from Egypt, composed by famous Egyptian Musician Mohamed Fawzi to feature in the Egyptian movie That's What Love Is (1961), in which Azzam appe ...

'', ("It Serves Him Right / Ho Mustafa") (Atlas-1975) * ''Sus / Tatlı Tatlı'', ("Shut Up / Sweet Sweet") (Atlas-1975) * ''Dünyamı Yıktı Geçti / Kırk Yılda Bir'', ("He Harried My World / Once in a Lifetime") (Yavuz-1977) * ''Gözünüz Aydın / Yalnızım Ben'', ("I'm Happy for You / I'm Alone") (Yavuz-1978)

Albums (LP/MC/CD)

* ''Nil Burak (1977)'', (Atlas-1977) * ''Benim Adım Şarkıcı'' ("My Name is Singer"), (Yavuz-1979) * ''İki Elim Yakanda'' ("My Hands are on Your Collar"), ''Boş Vere Boş Vere'' ("Nevermind Nevermind") (Kervan-1980) * ''Bizim Diyar'' ("Our Land"), (Kervan-1981) * ''Benim Sevdam'' ("My Love"), (Yaşar-1984) * ''Zurna Kazım'' ("Shrill Pipe Kazim"), (Göksoy-1988) * ''Oldu Olacak'' ("That was Close"), (Bayar-1989) * ''İşte Banko!'' ("Here is Bank!"), (Raks-1992) * ''Nil Burak'95 Akdeniz Rüzgarı'' ("Nil Burak'95 Mediterranean Wind"), (Göksoy-1995) * ''En İyileriyle Nil Burak (1975-1985)'' (Best of Nil Burak (1975–1985)), (Ossi-2008) * ''Bir Numaramsın'' ("You're My Number One"), (Ossi-2008) * ''Mavi 2012'' ("Blue 2012"), (Ossi-2012)

Filmography

* ''Gülşah'' ("Gulsah"), (Gülşah Film, 1975) * ''Eksik Etek'' ("Petticoat"), (Film-iş, 1976) * ''Merhaba Tatlım'' (Barış Film-1976) * ''Doğru Yoldan Ayrılanlar'' ("People Who Leave The Right Way"), * ''

Çalıkuşu ''Çalıkuşu'', or ''The Wren'', is a novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin written in 1922, about the destiny of a young Turkish people, Turkish female teacher named Feride. Plot summary The events in the novel take place in the early twentieth centu ...

'' ("The Wren"), (TRT, 1986) * ''Kaldırım Çiçeği'' ("Sidewalk Flower"), (Ulusal TV &

Erler Film Erler Film is a Turkish movie production company established in 1960 in Istanbul by the renowned Turkish film director and producer Türker İnanoğlu. Based today in Kavacık, Beykoz, it is the oldest film company in the country, which is still ...

, 1996) * ''Avrupa Yakası'' (ATV, 2008)

Music videos

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References

Additional sources

* http://www.ossimuzik.com/nilburakcift.php * http://turkpopmuzik.net/ * http://www.birzamanlar.net/ * http://www.aksam.com.tr/haber.asp?a=106356,105

External links

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Nil Burak Discography

Nil Burak at Sinema Türk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burak, Nil 1948 births Living people 20th-century Cypriot women singers Turkish folk-pop singers Turkish Cypriot singers Turkish pop singers 20th-century Cypriot actresses Turkish television actresses Cypriot television actresses People from Nicosia District