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Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".

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Kayahan Açar, stage name Kayahan, (born in March 29, 1949 in Izmir, Turkey, died April 3, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish pop singer-songwriter, one of the consistently best-selling musicians in Turkey. He wrote all of his own material and released more than thirteen best-selling albums during a career spanning 40 years. Kayahan was born in Izmir, on March 29th, 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Kayahan
Musical artist.image
Kayahan.jpg
Musical artist.image_size
200
Musical artist.caption
Kayahan in his yacht at Bodrum in 1997
Musical artist.background
solo_singer
Musical artist.birth_name
Kayahan Açar
Musical artist.birth_place
İzmir, Turkey
Musical artist.death_place
Istanbul, Turkey
Musical artist.genre
Pop, Pop-Rock, Spoken word, Ethnic, Folk, Indie
Musical artist.occupation
Guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer
Musical artist.instrument
Guitar
Musical artist.years_active
1975–2015

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Early years
  • Career
  • Personal life
  • Illness and death
  • Tribute
  • Albums
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".

==Early years== Kayahan Açar was born in İzmir, Turkey on 29 March 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kayahan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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