He's crazy about Madonna, he dances like Michael Jackson, and he wants to go to the top. His name: Tarkan, 26 years old and in Turkey long a super star.
With his master piece: Simarik = "Spoiled" the musician from the Bosporus has now also managed to touch the right nerve in the west.
The song with the kiss achieved the highest rankings in the international charts, although it's not entirely new. In Turkey, already two years ago, Simarek was played country-wide through the loud speakers. Continue >
We do not have to introduce the idol of Turkish pop music for the ones who already know Tarkan. This article contains interesting information about this Turkish music pop star.
Tarkan is today one of the great idols of the Turkish pop music in Turkey and internationally. He opened the music market in Turkey for a new music style that was not played in Turkey before. His music is a mixture of east and west styles with pop music. Continue >
Think of the emotional response to the “Love Me Tender”-era Elvis and you’d be halfway there. This green-eyed, softly spoken, belly-dancing poster-boy is to Turkey what the King was to America.
(CNN) -- Turkish singing sensation Tarkan (TAR-kuhn) is hitting the charts in Europe, with his third album "Ölürüm Sana" ("Crazy About You"). And the 27-year-old artist has another one in the works -- this time it's in English.
Tarkan sat down with CNN WorldBeat Correspondent Bruno del Granado to talk about his life and art. Continue >
(Istanbul) The avuncular, bushy-browed founder of modern Turkey gazes from every coin and nearly every corner of this exotic and ancient city. Kemal Ataturk -- literally "father of the Turks" -- is beloved here for booting colonialists out of the country and dragging the frayed remnants of the Ottoman Empire into the 20th century. On the streets of Istanbul, his image is about as hard to avoid as kebabs and strong coffee. Continue >
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