Without any doubt, Tarkan is one on the most renowned artists Turkey has ever seen. Even some foreigners who know little or nothing about Turkey know his name, maybe even one of his popular songs. Let’s take a look at the lifestory of this megastar:
Tarkan Tevetoğlu was born on October 17, 1972 in Germany. He returned to Turkey with his family at the age of 15. He had already started taking music classes at 13, and he furthered his education in Istanbul until 1993 when he met Mehmet Söğütoğlu. Debut song of his first album “Yine Sensiz” soon became a hit, and the album sold 900,000. He co-operated with Sezen Aksu and started his world tournaments. Due to media pressure, he fleed to New York in 1995 and went on three gigantic Europe tournaments including the countries Switzerland, Holland, England, and Germany. At the beginning of the millenium, he was already a worldstar. He was regarded as the best foreign artist in Russia, and he starred in some local commercials here.
Tarkan started making English productions as well after 2005. He took a break from music world, and made his return in 2007 with his album “Metamorfoz”. Some criticized him due to a slight change in his style, but his fans always supported him. He married Pınar Dilek on April 29, 2016. Today we see he does not prefer to be at sight often, and complains about the downsides of Turkey. He travels often, but “he always misses here and comes back,” as he reported.