Çetin Küçükarslan, better known by his stage name Çetin Alp (21 June 1947 – 18 May 2004), was a Turkish singer.

Life

He was born in

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. Alp married three times, the first of which was to Ergül Kuğuoğlu. From this marriage he had twin daughters Fulya and Filiz (b. 1970) and son Ahmet (b. 1976). He divorced his second wife, Şermin Küçükaslan, on 19 November 1982. His third marriage was to Suna Yıldızoğlu, which lasted for 9 years. The artist, who had a heart problem for a long time, had been angioed a few years before his death and had a stent placed in his heart, however, his treatment process was slow due to his lack of one kidney.

Career

His career started in the 1970s with winning the competition ''Altın Ses''. In these years, he released a Greek song that had been written by Sezen Cumhur Önal. The song became a hit, sold 500,000 copies, and earned him a golden certificate. He later released the song ''Son Defa Görsem, which became a hit as well. He later worked with Yurdaer Doğulu and Zekai Apaydın's orchestra, and following the Eurovision, he won third place at the 'World Singer Contest' in Los Angeles. He also won the first place in the 'Golden Orfe' competition held in Bulgaria in 1990. He continued his career together with his English ex-wife Suna Yıldızoğlu for nine years, and despite releasing many songs, he did not release a studio album. He represented Turkey together with Kısa Dalga Vocal Group at the

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, performing the song "Opera", and was the target of devastating criticism for years afterwards due to his poor performance at the contest, having earned zero points and placing last. He passed three days following the final of the

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held in

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following Turkey's first victory the year prior; a week prior, he stated in an interview with Turkish public broadcaster TRT that "the sad results he received in Munich made him very upset and he had not recovered for years".

Discography

Songs

Topkapı Plak * Sen Bir Yana, Dünya Bir Yana / Herşeyi UnutalımÇetin Alp diskografisi
''Diskotek'' (26 February 2016) * Günah Bize / Meçhul Karanlık (1970) * Ayrılık Yok Artık / Bir Gün Biter Demiştin (1972) Yonca Plak * Bir Kadeh Atınca Birşeyin Kalmaz / Hatıralar (1973) Öncü Plak * Çek Çek / Sana Ne Olmuş (1978) * Elveda (1979 Eurovision Finale Katılan Şarkı) / Son Defa Görsem (1979) * Son Olsun / Sonsuz Aşk (Suna Yıldızoğlu ile) (1981) Diskotür Plak * Opera (Türkçe) / Opera (İngilizce) (1983)

Other

* Son Defa (1986 Kuşadası Golden Pigeon Music Competition)

References

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