Yasemin Aygün Savgı (born 4 March 1982), better known as Yasemin Mori, is a Turkish

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singer.

Biography

As daughter of military architect father and Edirne-born mother worked as a sales chief on

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, her original last name was ''Savgı''. She chooses to go by the scene alias ''

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'', which means ''girl'' in various ethnic Balkan Turkic dialects, and which was a name she was called by many of her friends as a young girl. She composed her first song when she was a teenager with contributions of her elder sister's music record share. At a

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concert on Istanbul on July 6, 2005, she invaded the stage by dancing on her own. Her first album ''Hayvanlar'' was released on 10 July 2008 by Irmak Plak. Mori released her second studio album ''Deli Bando'' in October 2012 after three years of development, working with members of Korhan Futacı ve Kara Orkestra and Boğaziçi Jazz Choir. Mori released her third album ''Finnari Kakaraska'' in March 2015, featuring ''Gel'' by Ajda Pekkan and ''Kanatları Gümüş Yavru Bir Kuş,'' a poem by

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. She occasionally shares her works and announcements via her own

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page since August 2009, as 2004 graduate of the Department of

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. As having relationship with fellow music producer Serhat Şensesli since 2017, she gave birth to her first child, Milan on 10 July 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Hayvanlar'' (2008) * ''Deli Bando'' (2012) * ''Finnari Kakaraska'' (2015) * ''Estrella'' (2018)

Singles

* ''Dünya'' (2012) * ''Muşta (Ç.A.K. live)'' (2013) * ''Yine Buluşuruz'' (2016) * ''Rampa Stampa'' (2020) * ''Beni Bana Bırak'' (2020) * ''Maviye'' (2021) * ''Kırmızı Lavlar'' (2022)

Other works

Yasemin Mori features most of these works at her concerts, but she did not intend to release them on a new album, as she stated on

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's talk show BeniMTV broadcast in October 2009, until she started working on development of ''Deli Bando'' in 2010. * Bir Beyaz Balina ''(A white whale)'' * Can Cambaz ''(Glass junglor)'' * Dünya Her Gün Caz Yapar ''(The world makes jazz everyday)'' * Hey Baksana ''(Hey let you look)'' * Karamel ''(Caramel)'' * Mutsuz Böcek ''(Sad bug)'' * Uzay Kuşu ''(Space Bird)''

References

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Official Tumblog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Yasemin 1982 births Living people Turkish women singers Turkish singer-songwriters Bilkent University alumni Alternative rock singers Shoegaze musicians Turkish rock singers Musicians from Ankara Musicians from Istanbul