Ali Rıza Binboğa (born 26 February 1950) is a Turkish singer.

Life

He was born in 1950 in the small village of Ördekli in Sarız district of

Kayseri Province The Kayseri Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in central Turkey. Its area is 16,970 km2, and its population is 1,441,523 (2022). It borders with Sivas, Adana, Niğde, Kahramanmaraş, Yozgat and Nevşehir provinces. T ...

. He first met with music in 1964 when he was selected as one of the sixteen students who attended a music seminar organized in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

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, he attended

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

and in 1973, graduated as an electronics engineer. Before 1975, he served in Turkish PTT. He is married and a father of three children.

Career

His first public appearance as a singer was in Turkish under contest for Eurovision Song Contest 1975. His entry was named ''Yarınlar Bizim'' ("Tomorrows are ours") a dynamic melody with lyrics which were interpreted to be politic messages. The melody caused excitement and received the highest points in people's jury. But the points from the professional jury were low and Binboğa lost his chance to participate in Eurovision contest. In the following years, Ali Rıza Binboğa produced other records. In 1978, he played in a drama of

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: ) is the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio broadcaster in Turkey. Before the introductio ...

named ''İlk Öğretmen'' ("Primary school teacher"). His composition for this drama was another big success. In 1987, he became a member of MESAM (Musical Work Owner's Society of Turkey). In 1999, he was elected as a member of the administrative board up to 2011.Erciyesforum page
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Discography

References

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