Sezen Aksu
13 July 1954 – present
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish singer and songwriter born in 1954 in Saraykoy, Denizli Province, and raised in the Izmir region. Beginning with the single Haydi Sansim in 1975, she built a recording career spanning several decades and wrote songs for many other Turkish performers. Her work drew on Anatolian and Balkan musical traditions, notably in the 1997 album Dugun ve Cenaze made with the Bosnian composer Goran Bregovic.
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Life events
Born Fatma Sezen Yildirim; the family later moved to the Izmir region.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAttended an agricultural vocational high school before turning to music.
The record marked the start of her professional recording career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer first full-length record, issued two years after her debut single.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgOne of the best-selling Turkish albums of the 1980s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA widely successful record that consolidated her position in Turkish pop music.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA record drawing on Anatolian folk material, also issued as Ex Oriente Lux.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe album paired her songwriting with the Bosnian composer's Balkan brass arrangements.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA line from the 2017 song Sahane Bir Sey Yasamak prompted criticism from religious commentators and political figures, and statements of support from others.
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