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Will Tarkan represent Turkey in Eurovision 2010?
Tarkan (whose name means strong and very bold person) was born October 17, 1972 in Alzey, Germany, where he lived until the age of 15, when his family decided to move back to Turkey. There he started his classical music studies at the conservatories of Karamürsel and Istanbul. At 16 he was already performing in bars and clubs. In 1993, Tarkan meets the person that became his producer: Mehmet Sögütoglu, the owner of "Istanbul Records", one of the most important record companies in Turkey. When he came back to Turkey for the 6th grade, at fourteen years of age, his big interest in music led him towards taking “Turkish Classical Music” classes besides the regular high school education. During his education in the Uskudar Musical Association between 1990 and 1992, he had the opportunity to work with highly respected Turkish composers, who encouraged him to join the music world. After graduating from high school and receiving the results of the university exam, he took the decision to go back to Germany. However, right at this time, his destiny has changed majorly when he met Mehmet and Tarkan’s first album, Yine Sensiz (1993) which founded his big-time entry to the professional music world, was produced/released by Istanbul Plak. Initially, he met his fans through his concerts and established a strong base in the music market by selling 700 thousand albums, in a very short time. |