Orkun Yazgan (born 1970) is a Turkish TV presenter and musician. Yazgan completed his education at the

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

and graduated from

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He started his career as a presenter in

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's news section, and later transferred to ATV. He later presented the morning program ''Yeni Gün'' on

CNN Türk CNN Türk is a Turkish pay television news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the localised variant of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Demirören Group. Its headquarte ...

together with Ece Üner. In 2009, he started working as the media coordinator for Fenerbahçe and presented the program ''Samandıra Saati'' on Radio Fenerbahçe. Yazgan, who is also a musician, represented Turkey at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2000 The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. Organised by the Europea ...

, which took place in

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, Sweden, and performed the song "Yorgunum Anla" as member of the Group SOS (Sühan Ayhan-Orkun Yazgan-Selim Öncel) together with

Pınar Ayhan Pınar Ayhan (née Karakoç; born 28 March 1972) is a Turkish singer, most notable for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. Music career Eurovision Ayhan first participated in the Turkish national finals in 1996, in a duet with ...

. Yazgan is married to İrem Selamoğlu and the couple have two daughters named Melodi and Mimoza.

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* Living people 1970 births Turkish television presenters Galatasaray High School alumni Middle East Technical University alumni 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish male singers {{Turkey-musician-stub