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. Her first hit was 'Adam' (Man) from her album of the same name in 1995. She was both the vocalist and dancer of

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before starting her solo career. She released second album, ''Fem'' (Not opened rose in Turkish or short of female in English) in 1996. She had a break in her music career after releasing the album ''Çocuk'' ("Child" in Turkish) in 1998 due to marrying her manager Zeki Aköz in 1996, and because of her disease,

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. In 1998, she adopted a two-year-old daughter named Tuğçe. In 2005, after being diagnosed with

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, Alaş underwent a brain surgery. She released her fourth album, ''Carpe Diem'' ("Seize the day" in Latin) in 2006. After translating ''

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'' to Turkish in 2008, she translated ''

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'' by

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Discography

;Albums * ''Adam'' (1995) * ''Fem'' (1996) * ''Çocuk'' (1998) * ''Carpe Diem'' (2006) ;Singles *"Herkes Gibisin" (2014)

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1975 births Living people Singers from Istanbul Turkish pop singers 21st-century Turkish women singers {{Turkey-singer-stub