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Sezen Aksu
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Turkish singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1954)
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Sezen Aksu, born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım in Sarayköy, Denizli, Turkey, is a Turkish singer, composer, lyricist, and songwriter. She began her professional work period in 1975 and performs in the pop music genre. Her primary instrument is the voice, and she speaks Turkish. Aksu has also been associated with acting.
She is known by the nicknames Kiçik Sərçə and Minik Serçe. Her pseudonyms include Sezen Aksu and Sezen Seley. According to Open Library records, her top works include *Sezen Aksu '88* and *Sezen aksu soyluyor*. On Last.fm, she has accumulated 11,427,937 plays and 227,619 listeners, with tags such as Turkish Pop and female vocalists.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sezen Aksu '88
- Sezen aksu soyluyor
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Sarayköy, Denizli, Turkey
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, songwriter and producer who has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ("Little Sparrow"). Sezen Aksu's influence on Turkish pop and world music has continued since her debut in 1975, and has been reinforced by her patronage of and collaboration with many other musicians, including Sertab…
Known for
- The Ottoman Republic — Self2008
- PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri — Winner2007
- PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri — Nominee2007
- PowerTürk Müzik Ödülleri — Self - Winner2007
- Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul — Herself2005
- The European Side — Fatma2004
- Aynalar1996
- Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Winner1995
- Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Self - Winner1995
- Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Nominee1995
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1954
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 227,619
- Total plays
- 11,427,937
Tags
Fatma Sezen Yıldırım (born 13 July 1954), known professionally as Sezen Aksu, is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter and producer. She was born in Sarayköy, Denizli Province, Turkey. Her family moved to İzmir when she was about three years old, and she completed her primary, secondary and high-school education there. In 1973 she enrolled at the Faculty of Agriculture at Ege University, but left her studies to move to İstanbul in order to pursue a music career. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/S
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Application of biosorption for the removal of organic pollutants: a review
· 2005 · cited 1,612x
- A Survey on Homomorphic Encryption Schemes
· 2018 · cited 1,171x
- Biosorption of phenol by immobilized activated sludge in a continuous packed bed: prediction of breakthrough curves
· 2004 · cited 855x
- Efficacy and safety of an inactivated whole-virion SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac): interim results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial in Turkey
· 2021 · cited 779x
- Industry 5.0 and Human-Robot Co-working
· 2019 · cited 634x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Fatma Sezen Yıldırım , ( 1954-07-13 ) 13 July 1954 (age 71) , Sarayköy , Denizli , Turkey
- Other name
- Sezen Seley
- Education
- Ege University (no degree)
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter poet composer producer actress
- Children
- 1 (with Sinan Özer)
- Genres
- Pop
- Years active
- 1975–present
- Labels
- Hop Kent Kervan Sembol Fono Coşkun Foneks Karma Raks PolyGram Post DMC Seyhan
- Website
- www .sezenaksu .com .tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fatma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Sarayköy
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.sezenaksu.com.tr
- Image
- Sezen Aksu (Minik Serçe) (cropped).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Sezen Aksu
- date of birth
- 1954-07-13
- topic's main category
- Category:Sezen Aksu
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- social media followers
- 2890000
- nickname
- Minik Serçe
- name in native language
- Sezen Aksu
- birth name
- Fatma Sezen Yıldırım
- pseudonym
- Sezen Seley
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sezen Aksu ( Turkish pronunciation: [seˈzen ˈaksu]; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) 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" ("Little Sparrow").
Aksu's influence on Turkish pop and world music has continued since her debut in 1975, and has been reinforced by her patronage of and collaboration with many other musicians, including Yonca Evcimik, Sertab Erener, Şebnem Ferah, Aşkın Nur Yengi, Hande Yener, Yıldız Tilbe, Işın Karaca, Seden Gürel, Harun Kolçak and Levent Yüksel. Sezen Aksu is widely known as a successful songwriter. Her work with Tarkan resulted in continental hits like "Şımarık" and "Şıkıdım" and her collaboration with Goran Bregović widened her international audience. In 2010, NPR named her as one of the "50 Great Voices" of the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sezen Aksu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.