Bayhan Gürhan (born 14 March 1980) is a

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singer who became famous after participating in

Popstar Türkiye ''Popstar Türkiye'' () was a Turkish people, Turkish music competition television series based on the international franchise Popstars. The show was hosted by Haldun Dormen and Gamze Özçelik on Kanal D. The judges were Armağan Çağlayan, Ercan ...

(''Popstar Turkey'').

Personal life

Bayhan Gürhan was born on 14 March 1980 in

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. At an early age, he was interested in

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, and

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. At the age of six he lost his mother and with the remaining of his family moved to Germany. There he learned to speak German. At the age of nine, he was taken into custody by the German Child Protective Services. He had a good ear for music which did not go unnoticed. Because of that he was allowed to perform on his flute from time to time at the church of the CPS, and briefly took piano lessons there. He eventually returned to Turkey in 1991. Between 1998 and 2000 he had spent time in prison for murder of his cousin. In 2003 he was a contestant in the first season of ''

'' on

Kanal D Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993. The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...

with judges

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, and

Armağan Çağlayan Armağan Ali Çağlayan (born 8 April 1966) is a Turkish television producer and lawyer. Career Çağlayan taught Creativity in Communication as a research assistant at the Faculty of Art and Design at Istanbul Kültür University and lectur ...

. After the third week of the show, it was revealed that Gürhan had spent time in prison for killing a woman. When this got revealed in the media he was devastated. In the fourth week of the show judge Deniz Seki started to criticize him in the show over this. In the fifth week of the show he won the first place. This time Seki started to criticize the voters. The audience started to boo her which made her leave ''Popstar Türkiye''. She was replaced in the sixth week by

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. Gürhan eventually finished in third place. After the contest he released an album named ''Hayal Edemiyorum'' in 2004 and ''Kısa Veda'' in 2009. In 2010 he performed at the Afyon Jazz Festival singing songs of

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, and

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. In 2012 he appeared on STV in Hamdi Alkan's TV series ''Kendimize Doğru''. He also appeared on Kanal D's TV series ''Ankara'nın Dikmen'i'' as a guest actor. In 2013 he presented the documentary ''Benim Yolum'' (English: My Way) about street musicians. In 2015 during the month of

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, he played the character of Bekir in the radio show ''Direkler Arası'' on TRT İstanbul Kent Radio. In October 2016 he appeared on Star TV's ''Zuhal Topal'la İzdivaç'' (English: Marriage with Zuhal Topal), because he wanted to get married, but later left the show. In 2017 Gürhan had sent a wreath of flowers to Deniz Seki's concert. Seki had recently been released from prison for drug trafficking. She responded on social media by stating that it had been a while since she made amends with Gürhan over her behavior at ''Popstar Türkiye''. She appreciated the gesture and said that they were on good terms now.

Discography

Albums

Collaborative albums

Singles

Filmography

TV series

Television appearance

* ''

(2003) – Contestant'' * '' Mavi Şeker (2008) – Guest'' * '' Akşam Keyfi (2009) – Guest'' * '' Çarkıfelek (2012)'' * '' Arım Balım Peteğim (2011) – Duet with

Azer Bülbül Subutay Kesgin, better known by his stage name Azer Bülbül (1 February 1967 – 6 January 2012), was a prominent Turkish folk singer and actor. Biography Azer Bülbül was born Subutay Kesgin in Arpaçay, Kars Province, Kars in Azerbaijanis, A ...

'' * '' Ben Burdan Atlarım (2013)'' * '' Benim Yolum (2013) – Himself (host)'' * '' Gündem Özel (2014)- Guest'' * '' İnsanlık Hali (2016) – Guest'' * '' Zuhal Topal'la İzdivaç (2016) – Candidate''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gürhan, Bayhan 1980 births People from Adana Living people Turkish male film actors 21st-century Turkish male actors 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish male singers Turkish folk-pop singers