Tarkan Tüzmen (born 7 March 1968), known professionally as Tüzmen, is a Turkish singer and actor, known for being a representative for Turkey in the

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, and being the brother of former minister for

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Professional career

Tüzmen attempted to represent his home country of

three times: Once in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

with the songs "Bilirsin ya", which did not receive a rank, and ''Var mısın söyle'', a duo with Pınar Ayhan, then Pınar Karakoç, and came in second. The second time was in

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in a duo with Elçin Engin, called ''Şarkı'', and did not receive a rank again. The third and final time was in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

with the song " Unutamazsın", and won the national final. He went to the contest in

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and came in 14th place with 25 points. He started his acting career since 2005 by portraying Alper in the TV show, '' Valley of the Wolves: Ambush''.

Discography

* ''t1'' (1996) * ''t2'' (2003)

References

External links

Sinematurk.com
* 1968 births Living people Musicians from Ankara Turkish male singers Turkish pop singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Turkey-musician-stub