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Ümit Besen

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Ümit Besen

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Turkish singer (born 1956)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ümit Besen is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Istanbul, Adana and Turks.

It is catalogued under topics including 1956 births, BLP articles lacking sources from August 2018 and Golden Butterfly Award winners.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Muzikli Bir Masal

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Türkiye
Active from
1956
arabeskfantezi

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
25,332
Total plays
268,900

Tags

arabeskTarabya school of electronic musicturkishtaverna muzigiturkey

Ümit Besen (b. 1956, Osmaniye) represents 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 obligatory service, a brigadier-general (Brigadier in Commonwealth armies) liked his style and appointed him with the task of singing at the officers' mess. After the completion of his 18 months service he returned to Adana. <a href="https:/

via Last.fm · Ümit Besen

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ümit
Gender
male
Citizenship
Turkey
Place of birth
Osmaniye
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Turkish
Native language
Turkish
Instrument
voice
Image
Ümit Besen (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1956-10-14
start of work period
1973-00-00
Commons category
Ümit Besen
social media followers
4471
name in native language
Ümit Besen
Sources (2)

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Available in 5 languages

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