Ayla Çelik (born 14 November 1973) is a Turkish singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Ayla Çelik was born on 14 November 1973 in

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State Conservatory and then started her music career. She started her professional music career with

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. For a long period, she sang commercial songs. She also made music for the state theaters, including the play ''Antigone'', directed by

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. On 30 July 2007, she released a joint album ''İstanbul Türküleri'' with Belma Şahin. On 3 December 2008, she released her first single "Bir Dönebilsem". On 30 September 2010, her second studio album ''Lavanta'' was released. The album's lead single was also titled "Lavanta". In 2012, the song "Türkan" from

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's album ''Giderli 16'', which was written by Çelik, was chosen as the Best Song of the Year at Golden Butterfly Awards and

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. In 2013, Çelik was featured on the album ''Aysel'in'', in tribute to

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, and sang the song "Olacak Olacak". Çelik has written and composed songs for

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, Petek Dinçöz,

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and Berkay. On 15 January 2016, her second studio album ''Ben'' was released. For the album's lead single, the song "Aşk Şarkıları", composed by Erhan Bayrak, was chosen. The second music video was released for the song "Bağdat", which is a duet with

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. The song became a number-one hit on

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. On 2 August 2019, Çelik's third studio album, titled ''Daha Bi' Aşık'', was released by

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. The album, which consists of 14 songs, was written and composed by Çelik, Hakkı Yalçın,

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and Şebnem Sungur. Okay Barış, Alper Atakan, Orhan Sancak, Serkan Ölçer and Erhan Bayrak served as the album's arrangers. The lead single, "Daha Bi' Aşık", was released on the same day together with a music video.

Discography

;Albums * ''İstanbul Türküleri'' (2007) * ''Lavanta'' (2010) * ''Ben'' (2016) * ''Daha Bi' Aşık'' (2019) ;Singles * "Bir Dönebilsem" (2008) * "Altın Sarısı" (Hakan Kabil Remix) (2016) * "Dikensiz Gül" (from ''Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz'' soundtrack) (2017) * "Aşk Tutar Beni" (from ''

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'' soundtrack) (2018) * "Daha Bi' Aşık" (Selami Bilgiç Version) (2019) * "Parti (Şiki Şiki Baba)" (with

) (2020) * "Ay Işığı" (2020) * "Yalancılar" (2021) * "Seviyoruz Hâlâ" (with

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) (2021) * "Öp Beni" (2022) * "Nisan Yağmuru" (feat. Emel Şenocak) (from the album ''Emel Şenocak'tan Yıldızlı Pekiyi'') (2023)

Songs written by Çelik

– "Elin Oğlu", "Hafta Sonu", "Bi' Sebepten" * Berkay – "İzmirli" *

– "Türkan", "Ya Sana Bir Şey Olursa", "Gidenlerin Kalanları" *

– "Vatan", "Aşkın Huzurunda", "Gık" *

– "Hasretin Vuruyor" *

– "Kader" *

– "Bugünün Sevdalısı" *

– "Dantel" * Kendi – "Voltaj" * Petek Dinçöz – "Yerimde Sen Olsan", "Aşk Yüzünden", "Kolay Değil" * Reyhan Karaca – "Şans" *

– "Rahvan", "Abi" *

– "Benim Adım Aşk" *

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– "Kuzum"

References

External links

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