Sibel Alaş (born 13 February 1975) is a Turkish pop music singer and translator.

Career

She graduated from American Culture and Literature Department in

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. Her first hit was 'Adam' (Man) from her album of the same name in 1995. She was both the vocalist and dancer of

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before starting her solo career. She released her second album, ''Fem'' (Not opened rose in Turkish or short of female in English) in 1996.

Personal life

She had a break in her music career after releasing the album ''Çocuk'' ("Child" in Turkish) in 1998 due to marrying her manager Zeki Aköz in 1996, and because of her disease,

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. In 1998, she adopted a two-year-old daughter named Tuğçe. In 2005, after being diagnosed with

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, Alaş underwent a brain surgery. She released her fourth album, ''Carpe Diem'' ("Seize the day" in Latin) in 2006. After translating '' Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet'' to Turkish in 2008, she translated ''

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'' by

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Discography

;Albums * ''Adam'' (1995) * ''Fem'' (1996) * ''Çocuk'' (1998) * ''Carpe Diem'' (2006) ;Singles *"Herkes Gibisin" (2014)

References

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1975 births Living people Singers from Istanbul Turkish pop singers Turkish women pop singers Turkish composers Turkish women composers Turkish translators 21st-century Turkish women singers {{Turkey-singer-stub