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Tarkan (born October 17, 1972 in Alzey , Germany ; bourgeois Tarkan Tevetoğlu ) is an internationally successful German- Turkish pop musician .
Life
Tarkan Tevetoğlu spent his childhood as the son of Turkish guest workers in his birthplace, Alzey in the Rhine-Hesse region . In 1986 his family decided to return to Turkey. His family comes from the northeast Turkish city of Rize . In 1991 the family returned to Germany.
Career
In 1992 Tevetoğlu recorded his first album with Mehmet Söğutoğlu from Istanbul Plak . Two years later his second record was released.
In 1999 Tevetoğlu had his greatest success so far with his first compilation TARKAN (by Polygram ) with the single Şımarık (Frech, Verwöhnt) . This song is probably the world's most famous Turkish-language pop song; he received a World Music Award in Monaco .
Tarkan, who is one of the few Turkish singers who is also internationally successful, has already given concerts in football stadiums in Buenos Aires and Cairo , among others, and has performed in London at Alexandra Palace (1999) and at the Olympia in Paris . He made it into the top 5 in Belgium , France , Russia , Germany, Bulgaria , Romania and the Netherlands .
At the soccer world championships in Japan and South Korea in 2002 , Tevetoğlu sang the song Bir oluruz yolunda (On your way we unite) for the Turkish national team . There was also a video clip for this song.
In 2004 a perfume was launched under his name.
In October 2005 Tevetoğlu released his first English-language single Bounce under his own label Hitt Müzik in Turkey. The accompanying album Come Closer was released by Universal in 2006 . On July 31, 2006, the second single Start the Fire Mousse T. Remix from the album Come Closer had its video premiere after several delays.
On December 23, 2007 Tevetoğlu released the album Metamorfoz . It was certified platinum on April 14, 2008 for more than 200,000 copies sold. A year later, on May 5, 2009, the album was awarded a diamond record for a total of more than 300,000 units sold .
His album Adımı Kalbine Yaz , released on July 28, 2010, sold 307,500 copies in the first three weeks. A total of 355,000 units of the album will be sold by the end of the year, making it the best-selling album of the year in Turkey.
Controversy
From 1998 Tevetoğlu came into conflict with the Turkish authorities, who demanded that he perform military service. Finally, after a cash payment of $ 16,000 to Turkey, he joined the military for a shortened time (1 month) in 2000 before releasing his fourth record, Karma .
In the same year, a blackmailer tried unsuccessfully to put Tevetoğlu under pressure for alleged homosexuality . When Tevetoğlu did not comply with the blackmailer's demands to pay 135,000 dollars, he passed photos on to a Turkish tabloid. The report and pictures contributed to the conviction of the Tevetoğlu blackmailer, but still gave new impetus to existing rumors. Tevetoğlu denies being homosexual and justified the photos in a later interview by saying that he was at most "confused" at the time, but "never gay".
On February 25, 2010, Tarkan and other people were arrested during a drug raid by the Turkish police in Istanbul, but were later released. He was given a suspended sentence and required to attend a year of drug therapy and to have regular check-ups in a hospital.
Private
Tarkan has been married since spring 2016. The wedding celebration took place in Cologne. His daughter was born on July 12, 2018.
Others
- He released his first compilation as a studio album in 1998 in the following countries: France (1998); Europe (1999); Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, USA and Japan (2000).
- Tarkan's songs have been covered more than 40 times, including Arabic , Chinese , English , Japanese and Russian .
- Tarkan became the first Turkish celebrity in 2008 to protest against the Ilisu Dam .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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| 1998 | Tarkan |
DE7 (21 weeks) DE |
AT22 (12 weeks) AT |
CH17 (14 weeks) CH |
First published: September 2, 1998
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| 2006 | Come closer |
DE18 (5 weeks) DE |
AT50 (3 weeks) AT |
CH43 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: April 6, 2006
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| 2017 | 10 | - | - |
CH72 (1 week) CH |
First published: June 15, 2017
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More albums
| year | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Yine Sensiz | First published: December 24, 1992 |
| 1994 | Aacayipsin | First published: May 22, 1994 |
| 1997 | Ölürüm Sana | First published: July 5, 1997 |
| 2001 | karma | First published: July 14, 2001 |
| 2003 | Dudu | First published: June 20, 2003 |
| 2007 | Metamorfoz | First published: December 26, 2007 |
| 2010 | Adımı Kalbine Yaz | First published: July 28, 2010 |
| 2016 | Ahde Vefa | First published: March 11, 2016 |
Remix albums
| year | title | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yine Sensiz Remix | First published: July 10, 1993 |
| 2008 | Metamorfoz remixes | First published: July 15, 2008 |
Soundtracks
- 1997: Disney's Hercules (Tevetoğlu sang the Disney accredited Turkish version of Michael Bolton 's Go The Distance and dubbed the adult Hercules as the substitute voice for Tate Donovan ).
- 1998: Beau Travail (for his song Şımarık )
- 2000: Born in Absurdistan (for his song Şımarık )
- 2002: XX / XY (for his song Şımarık )
- 2005: Mr Socrates (for his song Ölürüm Sana )
- 2011: Entelköy Efeköye Karşı (for his song Kara Toprak )
- 2013: Güneşi Beklerken (for his song Pare Pare )
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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| 1997 | Şımarık Tarkan |
DE6th  (20 weeks)DE |
AT14 (12 weeks) AT |
CH3 (18 weeks)CH |
First published: 1997, March 1999 in Europe
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| 1999 | Şıkıdım Tarkan |
DE35 (8 weeks) DE |
AT40 (1 week) AT |
CH22 (5 weeks) CH |
First published: June 1999
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| Bu Gece Tarkan |
DE71 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: September 1999
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| 2006 | Bounce Come Closer |
DE15 (9 weeks) DE |
AT43 (5 weeks) AT |
CH60 (5 weeks) CH |
First published: March 24, 2006
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| Start the Fire Come Closer |
DE43 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: August 18, 2006
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More singles
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Productions
- 1995: Her Gece (by Mirkelam)
- 1995: Havalım (by Yıldız Tilbe )
- 1997: Canımsın (from Nâlân)
- 1998: Yine Bir Başıma (from Metin Arolat)
- 2003: İkimizin Yerine (from Müslüm Gürses )
- 2003: Hoyda Yarim (by Pınar Sağ)
- 2006: Gülümse Kaderine (from Kibariye )
- 2007: Püf (by Murat Boz )
- 2007: Çakmak Çakmak (by Sibel Can )
- 2008: Alaturka (by Fahir Atakoğlu)
- 2009: Çantada Keklik (by Sibel Can)
- 2009: Ben Sen Olamam (from Emir )
- 2010: Acıkolik (by Nil Özalp)
- 2010: Herşeye Rağmen (by Enbe Orkestrası)
- 2011: Yakar Geçerim (by Ajda Pekkan )
- 2015: Bir Parmak Bal (by Sibel Can)
- 2019: Ümit Hırsızı (by Bülent Ersoy)
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Tarkan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tarkan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (Turkish, English)
- Tarkan at laut.de
- Tarkan's girlfriend (Turkish). haberyazar.com. March 26, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of Mü-Yap ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Official website of Mü-Yap ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 13, 2011.
- ^ Website "internethaber" , accessed on June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Website “habershow.com” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Tagesspiegel: The Turkish pop star Tarkan called homosexual, June 10, 2001
- ↑ mopo.de: Turkish pop star Tarkan defends himself against rumors , June 12, 2001
- ↑ laut.de: Tarkan: Blackmailer in front of the court , July 6, 2001
- ↑ FAZ: I want three Grammys! April 18, 2006 ( Memento of August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (available from the Internet Archive )
- ^ Spiegel.de: Drug raid: Turkish pop star Tarkan arrested , February 26, 2010
- ↑ dpa press release
- ↑ Pop star Tarkan faces rehab , Hürriyet Daily News, January 23, 2013
- ↑ Drug Therapy Edition for Tarkan , December 27, 2013.
- ↑ Tarkan, Almanya'da düğün Yapti - Akşam. In: aksam.com.tr. Retrieved May 6, 2016 .
- ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: Turkish pop star Tarkan marries Duisburg - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ DAUGHTER LIYA IS HERE! Tarkan first time dad - picture. In: image. Retrieved July 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Photo and report on Tarkan's engagement against the Ilisu dam at Riverwatch ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tarkan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tevetoğlu, Tarkan (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish pop musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alzey |