Tarkan

Turkish singer (born 1972)

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Tarkan is a Turkish pop singer born in 1972 who became one of the most commercially successful music artists from Turkey. He gained international recognition in the 1990s and 2000s and remains an influential figure in Turkish popular music.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Tarkan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Turkey
Place of birth: Alzey
Occupation: composer
Educated at: Baruch College
Languages spoken: German
Native language: Turkish
Genre: dance-pop
Instrument: voice
Record label: Universal Music Group
Discography: Tarkan discography
Official website: www.tarkan.com
Image: Tarkan (9).jpg

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date of birth: 1972-10-17
birth name: Tarkan Tevetoğlu
name in native language: Tarkan Tevetoğlu
topic has template: Template:Tarkan
Commons category: Tarkan
topic's main category: Category:Tarkan
Commons gallery: Tarkan
influenced by: Michael Jackson
start of work period: 1991-00-00
social media followers: 2910000

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Encyclopedic overview

Tarkan Tevetoğlu ( Turkish pronunciation: [taɾˈkan teˈve.toːɫu]; born 17 October 1972) is a German-born Turkish singer-songwriter.

Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the-then West Germany. In 1986, he moved to Turkey together with his family. Tarkan went to high school at Karamürsel and took music lessons. In the following years, he met the owner of İstanbul Plak, Mehmet Söğütoğlu, and signed a contract to record music.

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