Sezen Aksu is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer. She is one of the most successful Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and "Minik Serçe".
Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. By keeping her works updated and getting influence from Western elements, she managed to become one of Turkey's modern and enduring icons in different periods. Her musical style has kept her popular for more than 50 years and has inspired many of her successors. Pekkan is highly respected in the music industry and her vocal techniques together with many of her albums were praised by music critics.
Mustafa Sandal is a Turkish singer-songwriter and actor. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. He had leading role in comedy series "Başrolde Aşk".
Hepsi was a Turkish girlband. They consisted of Eren Bakıcı, Cemre Kemer and Yasemin Yürük, and formerly of Gülçin Ergül, who left in 2009. Cemre Kemer's mother is a famous manager, Şebnem Özberk. When they were nine years old, they were students at the same conservatory and her mother began to build the group. All the members of the group are ballet dancers.
Makbule Hande Özyener, better known by her stage name Hande Yener, is a Turkish singer. She made her debut in the early 2000s, and since then has become a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with numerous songs that topped the music charts. Alongside her music career, she is also known for her choice of clothes and has renewed her image multiple times over the years. She has occasionally made changes in her music style as well; for a while, she started making electronic music, but this period was short-lived and she again returned to performing pop music. During her career, both her professional and personal life have been among the favorite subjects of columnists, and her rivalry and on and off feud with Demet Akalın were covered in the tabloids from time to time.
Ümit Besen is a Turkish musical artist representing the darker side of Tarabya school of electronic music. He started his professional career by playing keyboards and singing with his band at the local clubs in Adana, Southern Turkey. While he was in the army for his compulsory military service, a brigadier-general liked his style and appointed him to sing at the officers' mess.
Gönül Aysel Gürel was a Turkish lyricist and actress. Besides her lyrics, which were performed by singers throughout Turkey, she was known for her outlandish clothing, make up and wigs.
Attila Özdemiroğlu was a Turkish composer, arranger and music producer. He was best known for his award winning film scores in the 1970s and 1980s.
Yasemin Aygün Savgı, better known as Yasemin Mori, is a Turkish alternative rock singer.
ParafKuruçeşme Open Air or formerly known as Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena is an open-air music venue located at Kuruçeşme neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is also used as an outdoor cinema. The arena, located on the coastal road between Ortaköy-Arnavutköy, can accommodate between 2,500 and 7,000 people, depending on the event.
Şehrazat Kemali Söylemezoğlu, known by her stage name Şehrazat or Şehro, is a Turkish television personality, businesswoman, philanthropist, composer, songwriter, record producer, occasional jazz, and pop music singer.
Halit Ahmet Kıvanç was a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist and writer. He was best known as a sports commentator.
Ayla Peksoylu also known as ANGEL-I' is half Irish half Turkish Cypriot UK-born singer, songwriter, actress and professional model. Coming from an established musically backgrounded family, she began modelling/acting at around age 4 and has worked with, for and amongst actors and artists such as the Scottish actor Ewan McGregor – AEON commercial, Jeremy Healy – Peakin' music video, Texas – 'Inner smile' music video. She has also featured for brands such as Sony, Nike, Motorola and KFC.
Aşk Kadın Ruhundan Anlamıyor is the third studio album by Turkish singer Hande Yener. It was released on 6 July 2004 by Erol Köse Production. An album with pop rhythms, it was the singer's first studio album since the 2002 release of Sen Yoluna... Ben Yoluma.... Ten of the album's songs were written and composed by Alper Narman and Fettah Can, making them the two main songwriters and composers in the album. Alongside Narman and Can, Altan Çetin, Mete Özgencil and Sezen Aksu also wrote songs for the album. Hande Yener served as one of the album's producers, and the recordings took place in Hamburg and Istanbul.
Yasemin Can is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is the reigning 10,000 m European champion. Can is a six-time European Championship medalist, including three gold medals and the 5000 m/10,000 m double in 2016, and a four-time European Cross Country champion.
Reyhan Karaca is a Turkish singer.
Nihat Odabaşı is a Turkish fashion photographer and music video director.
Süperstar '83 is the ninth studio album by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan. It was released on 19 March 1983 by Balet Plak. With the release of the albums Süperstar (1977) and Süperstar 2 (1979) in the decade before, Pekkan succeeded in getting critical acclaim, however, following her poor results on the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 she stayed away from the music market for a while. Meanwhile, she released two records under the Yaşar Kekeva Plak label, but experienced various problems with the company. While Pekkan's disagreements with the company continued, in August 1982 she joined the musical Büyük Kabare with Metin Akpınar and Zeki Alasya. Some of the songs from this show, which were written by Fikret Şeneş, appeared in the third installment of the Süperstar album series.
Büyük Kabare is a two-part musical performed by Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan and Turkish actors Metin Akpınar and Zeki Alasya for the first time in 1982. Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra, Istanbul Developmental Orchestra, Asuman Arsan, Devekuşu Cabaret and USG Dance Group accompanied them on stage. The show went on stage for the first time at the Open-Air Theatre in Istanbul on 6 August 1982 and was held in different cities in the following periods.
Adalet Cimcoz was a Turkish voice actress, art curator, critic, translator and gossip columnist. She dubbed many film stars over a period of more than thirty years. She also opened and curated Turkey's first and only woman-owned private art gallery for exhibitions of painting, sculpture, mosaic, ceramics, photography, patterns, and folk art. She critiqued literature, art, and theatre for twenty years. She translated a number of classical works of European literature from German to Turkish. She was also a gossip columnist under the pen name "Fitne Fücur" ".
