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Discography 1992-2010

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Discography 1992-2010: Albums

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1992-1993

Yine Sensiz (Without You Again)
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1994-1995

A-acayipsin (Oh You're Something Else)
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1997

Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die For You)
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1998-2000

Tarkan
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2001

Karma
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2003

Dudu (Woman)
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2007-2008

Metamorfoz (Metamorphosis)+Remixes
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2010

Adımı Kalbine Yaz (Write My Name Across Your Heart)
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Yine Sensiz

2005-06-09T03:39:00.018Z

Yine Sensiz [Without You Again]

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Album art at Tarkan Visual
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 24 December, 1992
Formats: Cassette
Label: Istanbul Plak

Producer: Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Production: Istanbul Plak
Music Arrangements, Music Direction: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Supervisor: Alpay Aydın
Vocals: Tarkan
Mixing: Rıza Erekli
Studio: Erekli - Tunç
Publishing: Onur Ofset
Photography: Sibel Arcan

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Kıl Oldum (Aydın/Tarkan)	[4:12]
2. Kimdi? (Tarkan)	[4:23]
3. Söz Verdim (Aydın/Tarkan)	[4:14]
4. Gelipte Halimi Gördün Mü? (Aydın/Tarkan)	[3:46]
5. Sarıl Bana (Aydın)	[3:24]
6. Oldu Canım, Ara Beni (Aydın)	[2:44]
7. Vazgeçemem (Tarkan)	[4:29]
8. Çok Ararsın Beni (Aydın)	[4:44]
9. Selam Ver (Aydın)	[5:05]
10. Yetti Artık (Aydın/Tarkan)	[3:08]
11. Yine Sensiz (Tarkan)	[5:15]

Release Notes
Tarkan's debut album was released in cassette format only, until in 1993 due to its unexpected success an extended mix CD version was published.

When sales of over 750,000 were reached, the success of the album was a surprise to everyone, including Tarkan. It is generally considered to be his weakest album musically.

The album ends with a radio type jingle for 'Tarkan FM' and Tarkan himself saying, "Beni dinlemeye devam edin" (Keep listening to me).

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Kıl Oldum; Dir: Mert Özmen (There were two videos filmed for this, but only one is widely available on the Net.)
Kimdi?; Dir: Cumhur Atalay/Metin Arolat (There were two versions of this; the rare one sees Tarkan in a similar outfit as "Kıl Oldum" - i.e. yellow tartan trousers.)
Vazgeçemem; Dir: Metin Arolat (There were also two videos filmed for this, but only one is commonly available on the Net. The one not often seen features Tarkan's then girlfriend Gülçin.)

Others filmed were -

Gelipte Halimi Gördün Mü?
Söz Verdim
Sarıl Bana (TV appearance)
Oldu Canım, Ara Beni (TV appearance)
Çok Ararsın Beni (A video was filmed for this and screened as his first ever music clip before "Kıl Oldum", but is rumoured to have consequently been taken off air by Tarkan.)

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Yine Sensiz (Extended Mix)

2005-06-09T03:39:00.017Z

Yine Sensiz [Without You Again]

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Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
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Album art at Tarkan Visual
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 21 June, 1993
Formats: CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Producer: Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Production: Istanbul Plak
Music Arrangements, Music Direction: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Supervisor: Alpay Aydın
Vocals: Tarkan
Remix Tracks (12,13,14): Ozan Çolakoğlu, Adnan Göykem
Mixing: Rıza Erekli
Studio: Erekli - Tunç
Publishing: Onur Ofset
Photography: Sibel Arcan

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Kıl Oldum (Aydın/Tarkan)	[4:12]
2. Kimdi? (Tarkan)	[4:23]
3. Söz Verdim (Aydın/Tarkan)	[4:14]
4. Gelipte Halimi Gördün Mü? (Aydın/Tarkan)	[3:46]
5. Sarıl Bana (Aydın)	[3:24]
6. Oldu Canım, Ara Beni (Aydın)	[2:44]
7. Vazgeçemem (Tarkan)	[4:29]
8. Çok Ararsın Beni (Aydın)	[4:44]
9. Selam Ver (Aydın)	[5:05]
10. Yetti Artık (Aydın/Tarkan)	[3:08]
11. Yine Sensiz (Tarkan)	[5:15]
12. Kıl Oldum (New Version)	[5:59]
13. Kimdi? (New Version)	[6:53]
14. Çok Ararsın Beni (New Version)	[5:56]

Release Notes
This is a re-release of Tarkan's debut album. It was released on CD only.

The CD booklet does not hold the song lyics. It has some album pictures of Tarkan, with the message:

'Hello...Well, I'm back again with a small difference... I hope you like the new versions of Kıl Oldum, Kimdi and Çok Ararsın Beni... Keep listening to me. With love, T.T.'

His signature is different here then his current one. Whereas now he is known just as 'Tarkan' and his signature reflects this, here he signed 'T.T', the intials to his full name, Tarkan Tevetoğlu.

As on the cassette, the CD ends with a radio type jingle for 'Tarkan FM' and Tarkan himself saying, "Beni dinlemeye devam edin" (Keep listening to me).

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Kıl Oldum; Dir: Mert Özmen (There were two videos filmed for this, but only one is widely available on the Net.)
Kimdi?; Dir: Cumhur Atalay/Metin Arolat (There were two versions of this; the rare one sees Tarkan in a similar outfit as "Kıl Oldum" - i.e. yellow tartan trousers.)
Vazgeçemem; Dir: Metin Arolat (There were also two videos filmed for this, but only one is commonly available on the Net. The one not often seen features Tarkan's then girlfriend Gülçin.)

Others filmed were -

Gelipte Halimi Gördün Mü?
Söz Verdim
Sarıl Bana (TV appearance)
Oldu Canım, Ara Beni (TV appearance)
Çok Ararsın Beni (A video was filmed for this and screened as his first ever music clip before "Kıl Oldum", but is rumoured to have consequently been taken off air by Tarkan.)

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Yine Sensiz Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:39:00.000Z

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A-acayipsin

2005-06-09T03:38:00.010Z

A-acayipsin [Oh You're Something Else]

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Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 12 May, 1994 (re-released 1995)
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Executive Producer: Şahin Söğütoğlu
Producer: Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Production: Istanbul Plak
Music Arrangements, Music Direction, Track 3 Intro: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Supervisor: Tarkan
Creative Producer: Tarkan
Vocals: Cihan Okan, Deniz Arcak, Ebru Aydın, Gür Akad, Levent Yüksel, Orhan Atasoy, Özkan Uğur, Rıza Erekli, Şebnem Ferah, Sertab Erener, Tarkan, Umit Sayin
Piano: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Acoustic Guitar: Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
Bass Guitar: Ismail Soyberk, Levent Yüksel
Electric Guitar: Gür Akad
Cello: Özer Argun
Ud (Lute): Erdinç Şenyaylar, Levent Yüksel
Kanun: Halil Karaduman
Strings: Şenyaylar Yaylı Grubu
Clarinet: Mustafa Suder
Flute: Levent Altındağ
Ney: Ercan Irmak
Percussion: Cem Erman
Darbuka, Def: Celal-Seyfi Ayta
Davul: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Mixing: Rıza Erekli, Pinyo Deneb
Mastering: Duyal Karagozoğlu
Graphic Design: Giftajans
Publishing: Onur Ofset
Photography: Sevil Sert

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Hepsi Senin Mi? (Aksu)	[4:05]
2. Dön Bebeğim (Sayın)	[4:45]
3.Şeytan Azapta (Aksu)	[5:00]
4. Bekle (Çolakoğlu/Sayın)	[5:25]
5. Eyvah (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[4:10]
6. Kış Güneşi (Şensoy/Tilbe)	[4:15]
7. Unutmamalı (Tarkan)	[5:30]
8. Gül Döktüm Yollarına (Tarkan)	[4:15]
9. Durum Beter (Tarkan)	[3:40]
10. Gitme (Sayın/Sayın)	[4:30]
11. Seviş Benimle (Çolakoğlu/Tuna)	[5:10]
12. Biz Nereye (Erekli)	[4:50]

Release Notes
This is Tarkan's second album. It marked the successful partnership between Tarkan and female singer/songwriter Sezen Aksu and sold over 2 million copies domestically. His sophomore outing also reached sales of over 750 thousand in Europe, a first-ever feat for a Turkish performer.

A rare promotional CD single with three tracks from this album was released in Germany. Released in 1995, Hepsi Senin Mi held the title track plus "Bekle" and "Kış Güneşi".

The third track on the album "Şeytan Azapta" was remixed when its music video was released. This remixed version was exclusive to the video and was never published on this or any following release.

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Hepsi Senin Mi?; Dir: Hazım Başaran (The video was later re-edited, so there are two versions. The song was to be later renamed "Şikidim" for the European market)
Unutmamalı; Dir: Hazım Başaran
Şeytan Azapta; Dir: Şule Bekiroğlu (Usually edited to cut out the scene where Tarkan is being stripped on stage)
Dön Bebeğim; Dir: Abdullah Oğuz (Usually edited due to its sexy scenes)
Kış Güneşi; Dir: Umur Turagay

Others filmed were -

Bekle (Rarely seen music video filmed when Tarkan was in Singapore for a concert.)
Gül Döktüm Yollarına (There are two versions. One was filmed for a new year show on TV, is not an official video and therefore difficult to find on the Net. The second was filmed during Tarkan's visit to Singapore.)

Music videos filmed to songs on this album after they were re-released in the Tarkan compilation album -

Şıkıdım; Dir: Yannick Saillet

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A-acayipsin Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:38:00.001Z

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Ölürüm Sana

2005-06-09T03:37:00.005Z

Ölürüm Sana [I'd Die For You] (Crazy for You)

Album Credits
Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
Watch Tarkan Videos on MTV
Listen to previews/Buy this album

Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 10 July, 1997
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Publisher, producer: Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Supervisor: Tarkan
Assistant producers: Özgür Buldum, Uygar Ataş, Egemen Öncel
Music Arrangement, keyboards, piano: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Orchestration Direction (for Track 11): Nail Yavuzoğlu
Vocals: Azcan Dağıstanlı, Can Erkencigil, Elif Ersoy, Levent Yüksel, Nâlân, Nazire Yağız, Seda Tüfekçi, Sabri Tüfekçi, Turgut Berkes
Guitar (Acoustic): Can Şengün, David Matos, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
Guitar (Bass): Can Şengün, Ismail Soyberk, James Cruz, Murat Ejder
Guitar (Electric): David Matos
Ud (Lute): Ilyas Tetik, Hüseyin Bitmez
Kemençe: Ahmed Kadri Rizeli
Kanun: Tamer Pınarbaşı
Strings: Murat Süder ve Grubu, Istanbul Senfonik, Şenyaylar Yaylı Grubu
Clarinet: Bulent Altınbaş
Percussion: Aydın Karabulut
Drums: Hamdi Akatay
Darbuka: Celal Bağlan, Cengiz Ercümer
Davul: Shawn Pelton
Def: Sedat Güvenir
Bongos: Seyfi Ayta
Editing: Özgür Buldum, Çağlar Türkmen, Serhan Keser (Compel LTD), Duyal Karagözoğlu
Mastering: Çağlar Türkmen
Mix: Riza Erekli, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Brian Kinkead
Studio: Erekli Tunç, İstanbul Plak, Platinum Island, Imaj
Engineers: Çzgür Buldum, Arzu Alsan, Serkan Kula, Shawn Coffey, Murat Matthew Erdem, Steve Sauder, Denise Barbarita, Ufuk Çoban
Photography: Tamer Yılmaz
Make-up and Hair: Zeki Doğulu
Costumes: Bahar Korçan
Fashion editor: Hakan Öztürk
Graphics: Onur Özkılınç
Printer: Onur Ofset

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Şımarık (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:55]
2. Ikimizin Yerine (Aksu/Tarkan)	[3:50]
3. Ölürüm Sana (Tarkan)	[4:42]
4. Salına Salına Sinsice (Tarkan)	[4:06]
5. Gecemin Ürkek Kanatlarında (Berkes/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:56]
6. Kır Zincirlerini (Tarkan)	[5:23]
7. Inci Tanem (Tarkan)	[5:38]
8. Başına Bela Olurum (Tarkan)	[4:11]
9. Unut Beni (Tarkan)	[5:28]
10. Delikanlı Çağlarım (Tarkan)	[3:43]
11. Beni Anlama (Barışta/Çolakoğlu)	[5:21]

Release Notes
This album became the second best selling album in Turkey, with close to 4 million copies sold, including 1.5 million in pre-order sales.

Tarkan continued his successful partnership with Sezen Aksu with this album, and is seen by many music critics as a conclusion to the concept created in the previous album, A-acayipsin.

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Şımarık; Istanbul Plak/Hobby Gel
Ölürüm Sana; Istanbul Plak/Loft
Salına Salına Sinsice; Dir: Metin Arolat
İkimizin Yerine; Dir: Mete Özgencil

Music videos filmed to songs on this album after they were re-released in the Tarkan compilation album -

Şımarık; Dir: Emmanuel Saada/Amagan 7 Productions
Kır Zincirlerini (Bu Gece); Dir: Amagan 7 Productions

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Ölürüm Sana Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:37:00.001Z

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Tarkan (Latino/USA)

2005-06-09T03:35:00.018Z

Album Credits
Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
Watch Tarkan Videos on MTV
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 2000
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Universal Latino

Producer: Mehmet Sögütoğlu
Arranger, Keyboard & Producer (for Track 3 and Track 4): Laurent Marimbert
Production Assistants: Gael Yvan, Stéphane Briand
Music Direction, Orchestration, Keyboard & Rhythm Composition, Piano: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Orchestration (Track 10): Nail Yavuzoğlu
Vocals: Can Erkencigil, Levent Yüksel, Nalan, Nazire Yağız, Seda-Sabri Tüfekçi, Tarkan
Guitar (Acoustic): David Matos, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
Guitar, Guitar (Electric): David Matos, Manu Vergeade (track 4)
Bass: İsmail Soyberk, Levent Yüksel, Laurent Vernerey (track 4), James Cruz, Murat Ejder
Lute: Hüseyin Bitmez
Violin: Mustafa Süder, Karen Brunon (Track 4), Şenyaylar Strings Group, Istanbul Smphony Orchestra (Track 10)
Clarinet: Bülent Altınbaş
Horn: Ertuğrul Köse
Percussion: Aydın Karabulut, Denis Benarrosch (Track 4)
Drums: Hamdi Akatay, Shawn Pelton, Sedat Güvenir, Loic Pontieux (Track 4)
Bongos, Castanets, Drums, Bendir: Seyfi Ayta
Darbuka: Celal Bağlan, Cengiz Ercümer
Zither: Tamer Pınarbaşı
Engineering & Mixing: Yves Jaget
Assistants: Yann Baehrel, Claire Schwab, Jean Leguay, Stéphane Briand, Gael Yvan
Studio: ADS Studio & Guillaume Tell Studio
Editing: Çağlar Türkmen, Duyal Karagözoğlu, Özgür Buldum, Serhan Keser
Mastering: Çağlar Türkmen
Photography: Laure Maud, Claude Gassian

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Şımarık (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:10]
2. Ölürüm Sana (Tarkan)	[4:05]
3. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) - Remix '99 (Tarkan)	[3:53]
4. Şıkıdım (Aksu)	[3:15]
5. Salına Salına Sinsice (Tarkan)	[3:55]
6. Unut Beni (Tarkan)	[5:27]
7. İnci Tanem (Tarkan)	[5:38]
8. Dön Bebeğim (Sayin)	[4:45]
9. Başına Bela Olurum (Tarkan)	[4:12]
10. Beni Anlama (Barista/Çolakoğlu)	[5:22]
11. Şımarık (Long version) (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3.54]
12. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) (Tarkan)	[5:29]

Release Notes
Tarkan's first international album, this is actually a compliation album of his two previous albums A-acayipsin and Ölürüm Sana.

Due to this album's surprise popularity in Latin America, it was re-released with extra tracks.

The USA release of the Tarkan album came with English translations of the song lyrics in the book cover. Those translations were a product of collaborations between Ali Yildirim, Alper Çayhan and Marleen van Woensal.

Music videos filmed -

Şımarık (Turkish version); Istanbul Plak/Hobby Gel
Şımarık (European version); Dir: Emmanuel Saada/Amagan 7 Productions
Ölürüm Sana; Istanbul Plak/Loft
Kır Zincirlerini (Bu Gece); Dir: Amagan 7 Productions
Hepsi Senin Mi?; Dir: Hazım (renamed as Şıkıdım for the European market)
Şıkıdım; Dir: Yannick Saillet/C'est La Vie Productions
Salına Salına Sinsice; Dir: Metin Arolat
Dön Bebeğim; Dir: Abdullah Oğuz

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Tarkan Chu Chu! (Japan)

2005-06-09T03:35:00.016Z

Album Credits
Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
Watch Tarkan Videos on MTV
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 2000
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Universal Music KK

Producer: Mehmet Sögütoğlu
Arranger, Keyboard & Producer (for Tracks 3 & 4): Laurent Marimbert
Production Assistants: Gael Yvan, Stéphane Briand
Music Direction, Orchestration, Keyboard & Rhythm Composition, Piano: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Orchestration (Track 12): Nail Yavuzoğlu
Vocals: Can Erkencigil, Cihan Okan, Deniz Arcak, Ebru Aydın, Levent Yüksel, Nalan, Nazire Yağız, Özkan Uğur, Seda-Sabri Tüfekçi, Şebnem Ferah, Sertab Erener, Tarkan, Ümit Sayin
Guitar (Acoustic): David Matos, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
Guitar, Guitar (Electric): David Matos, Manu Vergeade (Track 4)
Bass: İsmail Soyberk, Levent Yüksel, Laurent Vernerey (Track 4), James Cruz, Murat Ejder
Lute: İlyas Tetik, Hüseyin Bitmez
Violin: Mustafa Süder, Karen Brunon (Track 4), Şenyaylar Strings Group, Istanbul Smphony Orchestra (Track 12)
Clarinet: Bülent Altınbaş
Horn: Ertuğrul Köse
Percussion: Aydın Karabulut, Denis Benarrosch (Track 4)
Drums: Hamdi Akatay, Shawn Pelton, Sedat Güvenir, Loic Pontieux (Track 4)
Bongos, Castanets, Drums, Bendir: Seyfi Ayta
Darbuka: Celal Bağlan, Cengiz Ercümer
Zither: Tamer Pınarbaşı
Engineering & Mixing: Yves Jaget
Assistants: Yann Baehrel, Claire Schwab, Jean Leguay, Stéphane Briand, Gael Yvan
Studio: ADS Studio & Guillaume Tell Studio
Track 15: Bu Gece Club Remix (see release notes): Ch. Magniez (Black Out Recording Studio in Belgium)
Track 16: Malagutti Remix (see release notes): Gianluigi Tarnassi (DJ Techno G - Dynamic Work Studio in Milano)
Editing: Çağlar Türkmen, Duyal Karagözoğlu, Özgür Buldum, Serhan Keser
Mastering: Çağlar Türkmen
Photography: Laure Maud, Claude Gassian
Design: Alerte Orange

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Şımarık (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:10]
2. Ölürüm Sana (Tarkan)	[4:05]
3. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) - Remix '99 (Tarkan)	[3:53]
4. Şıkıdım (Hepsi Senin Mi?) (Aksu)	[3:15]
5. Salına Salına Sinsice (Tarkan)	[3:55]
6. İkimizin Yerine (Aksu/Tarkan)	[4:40]
7. İnci Tanem (Tarkan)	[5:38]
8. Dön Bebeğim (Sayin)	[4:45]
9. Başına Bela Olurum (Tarkan)	[4:12]
10. Gül Döktüm Yollarina (Tarkan)	[4:08]
11. Unut Beni (Tarkan)	[5.27]
12. Beni Anlama (Barista/Çolakoğlu)	[5:22]
13. Delikanlı Çağlarım (Tarkan/US Folk)	[3:42]
14. Şımarık (Long Version) (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:54]
15. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) - Club Remix (Tarkan)	[5:29]
16. Şımarık (Edit Malagutti Remix)	[3:14]

Release Notes
Tarkan's first international album, this is actually a compliation album of his two previous albums A-acayipsin and Ölürüm Sana.

This Japanese export is advertised as having three bonus tracks, but the only real extra track not found on the European and American releases is the "Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini)" Club Remix. The Malagutti Remix of "Şımarık" found on this release is the short version.

The Japanese release kept Track number 3 as "Bu Gece" (Kır Zincirlerini) - Remix '99 (taken from the single), but the original version of "Bu Gece" was removed from this album altogether.

This release also came with a separate booklet of Japanese translations of the song, credited to İnan Oner.

Music videos filmed -

Şımarık (Turkish version); Istanbul Plak/Hobby Gel
Şımarık (European version); Dir: Emmanuel Saada/Amagan 7 Productions
Ölürüm Sana; Istanbul Plak/Loft
Kır Zincirlerini (Bu Gece); Dir: Amagan 7 Productions
Hepsi Senin Mi?; Dir: Hazım (renamed as Şıkıdım for the European market)
Şıkıdım; Dir: Yannick Saillet/C'est La Vie Productions
Salına Salına Sinsice; Dir: Metin Arolat
İkimizin Yerine; Dir: Mete Özgencil
Dön Bebeğim; Dir: Abdullah Oğuz
Gül Döktüm Yollarına (This was filmed for a new year show on TV and is not an official video.)

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Tarkan (France/Europe)

2005-06-09T03:35:00.014Z

Album Credits
Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
Watch Tarkan Videos on MTV
Listen to previews/Buy this album

Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 1998, 1999
Formats: MC, CD
Label: PolyGram/Universal and others

Producer: Mehmet Sögütoğlu
Arranger, Keyboard & Producer (for Track 3 in re-release: see release notes and Track 4): Laurent Marimbert
Production Assistants: Gael Yvan, Stéphane Briand
Music Direction, Orchestration, Keyboard & Rhythm Composition, Piano: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Orchestration (Track 12): Nail Yavuzoğlu
Vocals: Can Erkencigil, Cihan Okan, Deniz Arcak, Ebru Aydın, Levent Yüksel, Nalan, Nazire Yağız, Özkan Uğur, Seda-Sabri Tüfekçi, Şebnem Ferah, Sertab Erener, Tarkan, Ümit Sayin
Guitar (Acoustic): David Matos, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
Guitar, Guitar (Electric): David Matos, Manu Vergeade (Track 4)
Bass: İsmail Soyberk, Levent Yüksel, Laurent Vernerey (Track 4), James Cruz, Murat Ejder
Lute: İlyas Tetik, Hüseyin Bitmez
Violin: Mustafa Süder, Karen Brunon (Track 4), Şenyaylar Strings Group, Istanbul Smphony Orchestra (Track 12)
Clarinet: Bülent Altınbaş
Horn: Ertuğrul Köse
Percussion: Aydın Karabulut, Denis Benarrosch (Track 4)
Drums: Hamdi Akatay, Shawn Pelton, Sedat Güvenir, Loic Pontieux (Track 4)
Bongos, Castanets, Drums, Bendir: Seyfi Ayta
Darbuka: Celal Bağlan, Cengiz Ercümer
Zither: Tamer Pınarbaşı
Engineering & Mixing: Yves Jaget
Assistants: Yann Baehrel, Claire Schwab, Jean Leguay, Stéphane Briand, Gael Yvan
Studio: ADS Studio & Guillaume Tell Studio
Malagutti Remix (see release notes): Gianluigi Tarnassi
Editing: Çağlar Türkmen, Duyal Karagözoğlu, Özgür Buldum, Serhan Keser
Mastering: Çağlar Türkmen
Photography: Laure Maud, Claude Gassian
Design: Alerte Orange

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Şımarık (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:10]
2. Ölürüm Sana (Tarkan)	[4:05]
3. Kır Zincirlerini or depending on edition Bu Gece - Remix '99 (Tarkan)	[5:29] [3:53]
4. Şıkıdım (Hepsi Senin Mi?) (Aksu)	[3:15]
5. Salına Salına Sinsice (Tarkan)	[3:55]
6. İkimizin Yerine (Aksu/Tarkan)	[4:40]
7. İnci Tanem (Tarkan)	[5:38]
8. Dön Bebeğim (Sayin)	[4:45]
9. Başına Bela Olurum (Tarkan)	[4:12]
10. Gül Döktüm Yollarina (Tarkan)	[4:08]
11. Unut Beni (Tarkan)	[5.27]
12. Beni Anlama (Barista/Çolakoğlu)	[5:22]
13. Delikanlı Çağlarım (Tarkan/US Folk)	[3:42]
14. Şımarık (Long Version) or depending on edition Şımarık (Malagutti Remix) (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:54] [4:49]
15. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) (Tarkan)	[5:29]

Release Notes
Tarkan's first international album, this is actually a compliation album of his two previous albums A-acayipsin and Ölürüm Sana. In 1999, the sales of this album won Tarkan a World Music Award in Monaco.

The tracklist to the Tarkan album varies slightly depending on country and year of release. The first release has a 14 song track list, the re-release has 15 tracks.

In some countries the album was released with the original album version of "Şımarık" as the opening track and the Malagutti remix of "Şımarık" as the 14th (final) track.

A limited edition of the 14 track European release came with an autograph by Tarkan and a message "With love and big kisses".

The re-release of the Tarkan album saw a name change and an additional track. Track number 3 was renamed "Bu Gece" (Kır Zincirlerini) - Remix '99 (taken from the single) and the original version of "Bu Gece" was placed as the 15th (final) track.

Music videos filmed after the release of this album were for those tracks released as singles. To correspond with this album's European release, the videos were all European productions -

Şımarık; Dir: Emmanuel Saada/Amagan 7 Productions
Şıkıdım; Dir: Yannick Saillet/C'est La Vie Productions
Kır Zincirlerini (Bu Gece); Dir: Amagan 7 Productions

Videos filmed for the other two album releases this album was complied from, all being Turkish productions, were -

A-acayipsin album

Hepsi Senin Mi?; Dir: Hazım (to be later renamed Şıkıdım for the European market)
Dön Bebeğim; Dir: Abdullah Oğuz
Gül Döktüm Yollarına (This was filmed for a new year show on TV, is not an official video and therefore difficult to find on the Net.)

Ölürüm Sana album

Şımarık; Istanbul Plak/Hobby Gel
Ölürüm Sana; Istanbul Plak/Loft
Salına Salına Sinsice; Dir: Metin Arolat
İkimizin Yerine; Dir: Mete Özgencil

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Tarkan Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:35:00.001Z

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Karma Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:30:00.012Z

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Karma

2005-06-09T03:30:00.008Z

Album Credits
Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
Watch Tarkan Videos on MTV
Listen to previews/Buy this album

Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 23 July, 2001
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Producer: Tarkan & Ozan Çolakoğlu
Music Arrangements, Programming & Pro Tools: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Vocals: Berna Keser, Cihan Okan, Deniz Seki, Murat Matthew Erdem, Özkan Ugur, Özlem Tekin, Tarkan
Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric): Bilgehan Tuncer
Guitar: Annas, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Şenyaylar
12 String Guitar, Laud: Jean Louis Solon
Bağlama: Ahmet Koç, Çetin Akdeniz
Bass: Avo Harutunian, Ismail Soyberk, Janik Top
Ud (Lute): Yıldıran Güz
Solo Violin: Lawrence Monti
String Composition & Orchestration: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Strings: Armen Aharioan Los Angeles Strings, Hossam Ramzy Strings Group, Orchestra Opera de Marseille (Conductor: Rene Perinelli)
Sitar, Didjeridoo, Sarode: Jeffrey Slatnick
Ney: Muhammed Fouda
English Horn: Jean Claude Latic
Clarinet: Kirpi Bülent
Accordion: Mohsen Allaam
Percussion: Cengiz Ercümer, Hossam Ramzy, Marc Chontereau, Luis Conte, Seyfi Ayta
Engineering: Frederic Blanc Garin, Frank Redlich, Matthew Murat Erdem, Ken Deranteriasian, Serkan Kula
Mixing: Brad Gilderman, Devrim Karaoğlu, Kivanch K, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Murat Matthew Erdem, Ulaş Ağce
Assistant Mixers: Chandler Bridges, Deshaun Washington, Michael Huff, Myriam Correge, Keith Armstrong
Recording (for Tarkan vocals): Murat Matthew Erdem
Recording & Mix (for Track 8): Murat Matthew Erdem, Ulaş Ağce
Recording Director: Özgür Buldum (Erekli-Tunç Studio)
Recording Studios: Cutting Room (New York), Erekli-Tunç (Istanbul), Etap (Cairo), Imaj (Istanbul), Miraval (Leval, France), Pasifique (Los Angeles)
Mixing Studio: Pasifique (Los Angeles)
Mastering: Murat Matthew Erdem, Ulaş Ağce (Futuredisc L.A./Imaj)
CD Publishing: Odeon A.S
Concept & Photography: Sevil Sert
Marbleization Artist: Hikmet Barutçugil
Graphic Design & Planning: Stars Reklam Hizmetleri A.S
Publishing: Onur Ofset
Public Relations: HITT

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Aşk (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[4:22]
2. Ay (Tarkan)	[4:20]
3. Kuzu Kuzu (Tarkan)	[3:53]
4. Gitti Gideli (Tarkan)	[4:42]
5. Uzak (Arslan/Özgencil)	[4:56]
6. Yandım (Alanson)	[3:12]
7. O'na Sor (Özgencil/Tarkan)	[3:23]
8. Hüp (Öncel)	[3:39]
9. Sen Başkasın (Tarkan)	[4:16]
10. Taş (Tarkan)	[4:24]
11. Her Nerdeysen (Öncel)	[3:30]
12. Verme (Özgencil)	[4:56]

Release Notes
This release is the all time 6th best selling album in Turkey.

Tarkan's 5th music project and his 4th original release, Karma is an album of many changes. His successful partnership with Sezen Aksu that created such songs as "Şımarık" and "Şıkıdım" is absent from this album, and he decided to work with female singer/songwriter Nazan Öncel instead. The album was produced in Istanbul, Los Angeles, New York, Egypt and Europe.

Tarkan moved away from pop in this musical excursion to distinct ethnocentric melodies fused with electronica sounds. Seen as his attempt to push the ethnic style into the mainstream, with motifs taken from all across the world, commentators have labelled this as Tarkan's first authentic crossover project. The album's title Karma means "mixed" or "crossover" in Turkish, as well standing for the philosophy from the same name.

As an introduction in the CD booklet, Tarkan describes the Karma philosophy and explains the concept behind using marbleization art for his album cover. An English translation of this introduction can be found here.

Tarkan released two singles into the Turkish music market from this album. "Kuzu Kuzu" was his first ever single release in Turkey, (he had already released three singles in Europe), while his second single "Hüp" (released for retail only in CD format) broke the record for the most expensive Turkish music video filmed to date. It was directed by well-known Turkish born Italian director Ferzan Özpetek, and under Pepsi sponsorship it is rumoured to have cost over $100, 000. "Hüp" was also released as a promotional cassette. "Hüp 4" was part of the Pepsi campaign and wasn't sold separately. The public had to collect Pepsi labels to obtain it. Tarkan also released a promotional single, a football anthem to celebrate Turkey's first entry into World Cup football in 2002, titled "Bir Oluruz Yolunda" (United For You), the music to which was taken from "Taş", Track 10 on this album.

An official website was opened for the Karma album and was closed when the following album Dudu was released with it's own official site.

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Kuzu Kuzu; Dir: Metin Arolat (There were two videos filmed for this, with a second for the acoustic version of the song from the single of the same name.)
Hüp; Dir: Ferzan Özpetek (See release notes above for more details.)
Hüp Ozinga Remix; Dir: Kıvanç Baruönu/İzzet Öz Productions (This video was filmed for a remix version from the single for "Hüp". It has unused scenes from the orginal video and images from Tarkan concerts. It's also filled with slogans campaigning against music piracy.
Verme; Dir: Kıvanç Baruönu/Böcek Yapım (There were also two videos filmed for this, but only one is commonly available on the Net. The rare one shows Tarkan's face in close-up throughout the video. The common one holds footage of destitute childen, photographs taken from the lens of popular photographer Ara Güler and a final scene with morphic special effects, the first used in a Turkish music video.)

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2005-06-09T03:30:00.002Z

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Dudu

2005-06-09T03:29:00.005Z

Dudu [Woman]

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Track Listing
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
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Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 20 June, 2003
Formats: MC EP, CD EP
Label: HITT

Production: HITT Music (Tarkan)
Producer: Tarkan & Ozan Çolakoğlu
Executive Producer: Egemen Öncel
Arrangements: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Arrangements (for Track 5): Arif Sağ
Vocals (for Track 5): Arif Sağ
Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric): Nurkan Renda
Guitar (Classic): Ayhan Günyıl, Erdem Sökmen
Ud (Lute): İlyas Tetik
Mızraplı Tambur (Mandolin): Özer Özel
Bağlama (Bass), Bağlama (Solo): Arif Sağ
Bağlama (Arpeggio), Şelpe: Erdal Erzincan
Balaban: Ertan Tekin
Ney (Reed Flute): Ercan Irmak
Percussion: Cengiz Ercümer, Mehmet Akatay
Percussion (for Track 5): Arif Sağ
Strings: Gündem Yaylı Grubu
String Arrangements (for Track 2): Hamit Ündaş
Distribution: Istanbul Plak
Mix: Murat Matthew Erdem
Mix (for Tracks 6,9): Barış Büyük
Mastering: Tim Young, Metropolist Studios London
Recording: Cem & Göktürk Sarvaslar (ASM), Mehmet Sinan Sungar & Ulaş Ağçe (Imaj), Murat Matthew Erdem (Sarı Ev)
Recording Studios: Imaj
Recording Studios (Recording & Mix): Sarı Ev
Recording Studios (for Track 5 and mix):ASM
Publishing (for Track 5): Kalan Müzik
Costume Coordinator (Stylist): Gülümser Gürtunca
Photography: Hasan Hüseyin
Hair Stylist: Mete Türkmen
Make-up Artist: Neriman Eröz
Design: Mineral
Printing: Stil Matbaa

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Dudu (Koplan/Öncel/Tarkan)	[4:35]
2. Bu Şarkılar da Olmasa (Öncel)	[4:26]
3. Gülümse Kaderine (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:47]
4. Sorma Kalbim (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[4:35]
5. Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (Şatıroğlu)	[4:57]
6. Dudu (Ozan Çolakoğlu Remix)	[4:51]
7. Gülümse Kaderine (Devrim Remix)	[5:18]
8. Bu Şarkılarda Olmasa (Devrim Remix)	[5:52]
9. Dudu (Özgür Buldum Remix)	[3:54]
10. Gülümse Kaderine (Murat Matthew Erdem Remix)	[4:54]

Release Notes
After a successful collaboration on his Karma album, Tarkan worked with singer/songwriter Nazan Öncel again for this 2003 musical offering. Some see this release as a continuation of the philosophy laid down in the 2001 album.

Also following on from the tradition of Karma, an official site was opened for this album.

This work marks a series of firsts for the artist:

His first to be packaged in a Digipak® case,
His first EP release. An EP is an album that is shorter than usual and longer than a standard single; sometimes referred to as a "mini-album" or "maxi-single". As this album holds four original songs and one cover with five remixes it is generally archived under albums,
Tarkan's first album to come out of his own production company HITT Music, part of HITT Productions, but not his first work. He had already released promotional singles "Özgürlük İçimizde" and "Bir Oluruz Yolunda" under his own ticket. Apart from Tarkan, the first artist to release an album from Tarkan's music label was Nazan Öncel, with the album Yan Yana Fotograf Çektirelim (Let's Take Photographs Together).
This was the first EP release in Turkey to sell over 1,000,000 copies.

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Dudu; Dir: Tarkan/Umur Turagay
Gülümse Kaderine; Dir: Metin Arolat
Sorma Kalbim; Dir: Metin Arolat
Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayım; OPET (This is a remixed version not found on the album.)

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Dudu Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:29:00.001Z

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Metamorfoz + Remixes

2005-06-09T03:28:00.040Z

Metamorfoz [Metamorphosis] + Remixes

Album Credits
Track Listing [Remixes]
Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]
Release Notes
Album art at Tarkan Visual
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Album Credits
Genre: Dance, Pop
Release Date(s): 25/26 December, 2007 (TUR), 1 February, 2008 (GER)
Release Date for Remixes 2 CD Set: 1 August, 2008 (TUR)
Formats: MC, CD
Label: DMC, HITT

Production: HITT Music (Tarkan)
Producer: Tarkan & Ozan Çolakoğlu
Arrangements: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Keyboard, Programming and Edit Mixing: Ozan Çolakoğlu
Recording, Editing & Mixing (Vocals): Murat Matthew Erdem
Guitar (Acoustic): Can Şengün, Michael Annas Allaf
Guitar (Bass): Alp Ersönmez
Guitar (Electric): Can Şengün
Strings: Gündem Yaylı Grubu
Percussion: Mehmet Akatay
Studios: İmaj/Sarı Ev
Mastering: Miles Showell/Metropolis Group Ltd
Photography: Tamer Yılmaz - Fabrika
Hair Stylist: Yıldırım Özdemir
Make-up Artist: Neriman Eröz
Graphic Design: İsmail Aylakcı, Onur Güngör
Redactor: Handan Menekşe
Printing: GD Ofset

Track Listing: [click here for the English translations to these songs]

1. Vay Anam Vay (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[4:05]
2. Dilli Duduk (Tarkan)	[3:39]
3. Arada Bir (Tarkan)	[4:10]
4. İstanbul Ağlıyor (Tarkan)	[4:50]
5. Hop Hop (Tarkan)	[4:23]
6. Dedikodu (Tarkan)	[4:21]
7. Bam Teli (Tarkan)	[4:36]
8. Gün Gibi (Tarkan)	[4:59]
9. Çat Kapı (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:57]
10. Pare Pare (Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[5:16]

Track Listing: [The Remixes]

1. Pare Pare (Tiesto Mix/Tiësto)	[11:31]
2. Vay Anam Vay (Elektrofied Mix/Kıvanç K & Omar Basaad)	[5:49]
3. Arada Bir (Be Funkee Mix/Levent Gündüz)	[4:10]
4. İstanbul Ağlıyor (Hökenek Mix/Serkan Hökenek)	[4:54]
5. Dilli Düdük (Suat Ateşdağlı & Yalçın Aşan Mix)	[4:48]
6. Vay Anam Vay (Erdem Kınay Mix)	[4:36]
7. Dedikodu (Ozan Doğulu Mix)	[4:14]
8. Arada Bir (Ozinga Mix/Ozan Çolakoğlu)	[4:53]
9. Vay Anam Vay (Gürcell Mix/Gürsel Çelik)	[3:57]
10. Çat Kapı (Hökenek Mix/Serkan Hökenek)	[4:26]
11. Hop Hop (Kıvanç K Gangsta Mix)	[5:24]
12. Vay Anam Vay (Elektherock Mix/Hüseyin Karadayı)	[5:11]
13. İstanbul Ağlıyor (Murat Matthew Erdem Mix)	[4:24]

Release Notes
Four years after his million-seller Dudu EP, Tarkan worked solely with Ozan Çolakoğlu, his music engineer since 1992, for this project. The album is a musical deviation from anything he has attempted before, with a stronger emphasis on electronic sounds and engineering rather than acoustics. Turkish magazine Aktüel published an article containing comments from Tarkan about the meaning to each song, in which the artist defined the track "Vay Anam Vay" as the one that changed the whole direction of the album.

The title "Metamorfoz" (Metamorphosis) indicated that musically this album would be different from Tarkan's previous works. His image for the album art shows Tarkan in a shiny grey suit and thin dark tie sporting closely cropped hair and a full beard, an image unfamiliar to fans from his Karma period, which reinforced the title of the album.

With an initial grey-gold colour scheme, the cover features Tarkan standing in the middle of a wheat field, just as a storm is about to break out, with dark clouds in the background. Inside the album booklet the sombre mood is continued with a series of photos of Tarkan against dark, stormy backgrounds; grey, black and dark golden-yellow colours dominate. In the middle of the booklet a small, poster-like two page photograph is placed, picturing Tarkan in his grey suit, standing in a different position than on the cover. İsmail Aylakçı and Onur Güngör were commissioned for the artwork to Metamorfoz, the photographs were taken by Tamer Yılmaz. Besides the lyrics and the credits, a short note of acknowledgement is also included in the booklet.

The CD's cardboard sleeve had the title embossed in Braille dots for the visually impaired, but Tarkan's name was printed wrong and read "Tarkaf" instead. The embossing was removed as a result from other prints, although the Braille pattern on the booklet's cover sleeve still kept the same error in the Turkish editions. The initial prints with the misprinted embossed cardboard covers are now considered collector items.

During pre-release, Tarkan's official artist site at Tarkan.com was re-launched on the 17 December 2007, publicly revealing the album's name for the first time. Following on from the tradition of previous works, a website for the album followed on the 26 December, but instead of a separate site was hosted at his official Tarkan.com domain.

The album was released a day early by D&R stores in Turkey, a partner of the DMC label, while it was made available for general release a day later on the 26 December. International releases materialised the following year, with a "Vay Anam Vay" video enhanced CD version distributed in Germany from 1 February 2008.

Although the new image and album was unveiled to mixed critical reviews in Turkey, it caused a buying frenzy amongst the public and sold 350,000 copies in the first two weeks of its domestic release. At the beginning of 2008, according to the Turkish Billboard charts, the album achieved top slots in airplay, sales and downloads, and managed to get certified platinum by the Turkish Phonographic Industry even though he released his album in the last week of 2007. Over 49,000 legal online downloads of Tarkan's album were tracked by music portal TTNetMüzik in the first week of its opening in 2008.

The album's lyrics also garnered Tarkan a congratulatory certificate from the Turkish Language Association (Türk Dil Kurumu), attached with a letter of commendation by the president of the institute. The TDK lauded Tarkan for his inventive use of Turkish idioms and sayings, of which there are over forty in the album.

A promotional tour encompassing Turkish and European venues followed in 2008, and the album was re-issued in August the same year in a 2CD set, accompanied by thirteen remixes to eight of the album's songs and a completely new image.

In 2009, the album was certified diamond by the Turkish Phonographic Industry for being the highest selling Turkish album of 2008, making Tarkan one of the few Turkish artists to garner two sale awards for the same album - notching up well over three quarters of a million copies sold.

Coinciding with the release date of his first album, Metamorfoz is regarded as the defining work that marked Tarkan's 15th year in music.

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Vay Anam Vay; Dir: Kıvanç Baruönü (first aired 15 January 2008)
Pare Pare; Dir: Altan Dönmez (first aired 18 April 2008)
Arada Bir; Dir: Metin Arolat (first aired 12 June 2008)
Dilli Düdük; Dir: Murat Onbul (first aired 29 August 2008)

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Metamorfoz Song Lyrics

2005-06-09T03:28:00.008Z

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Album Awards Page for Adımı Kalbine Yaz

2005-06-09T03:27:00.173Z

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Adımı Kalbine Yaz

2005-06-09T03:27:00.170Z

Adımı Kalbine Yaz [Write My Name Across Your Heart]

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Album Awards Commemorative Page

Album Credits
Genre: Pop, World
Release Date(s): 29 July, 2010
Formats: CD, Digital
Label: DMC & HITT

Producer: DMC
Recorded & Produced at db Müzik Studios/Levent Demirbaş
Strings and Ethnic Percussions (Track 3) recorded at MDM/Bahadır Sağbaş
Music Production: (Tracks 1-8, 10) Ozan Çolakoğlu, (Track 9) Gülşah Tütüncü & Ozan Çolakoğlu, (Track 11) Suat Ateşdağlı, (Track 12) Gürsel Çelik, (Track 13) Kivanch K
Vocals recorded by Levent Demirbaş
Additional Vocals recorded by Emirhan Cengiz
Mixing by (Tracks 9-10, 12) Özgür Yurtoğlu, (Track 11) Yalçın Aşan, (Track 13) Kivanch K
Mastering by Levent Demirbaş
Photographer: Giuliano Bekor
Styling: Avo Yermagyan
Hair Stylist: Zeki Doğulu
Make Up Artist: Chantal Moore
Editing: Handan Menekşe
Poem: (Track 4) Günay Çoban
Graphic Designer: Emre Erdem

Track Listing:

1. Sevdanın Son Vuruşu (Gürel/Tarkan)	[5:07]
2. Acımayacak (Özer)	[4:32]
3. İşim Olmaz (Tilbe/Tarkan)	[4:13]
4. Kayıp (Çoban/Tarkan)	[4:58]
5. Öp (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[3:47]
6. Adımı Kalbine Yaz (Tarkan)	[5:12]
7. Sen Çoktan Gitmişsin (Aksu/Çolakoğlu)	[4:26]
8. Usta - Çırak (Çolakoğlu/Tütüncü)	[3:25]
9. Acımayacak "Gürcell Club Mix" (Özer)	[4:58]
10. Adımı Kalbine Yaz "Ozinga Club Mix" (Tarkan)	[4:21]
11. Sevdanın Son Vuruşu "Suat Ateşdağlı Mix" (Gürel/Tarkan)	[5:20]
12. Öp “Gürcell Club Mix" (Aksu/Çolakoğlu/Tarkan)	[5:07]
13. Sevdanın Son Vuruşu "Kivanch K Mix" (Gürel/Tarkan)	[9:43]

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Sevdanın Son Vuruşu [Love's Last Strike]	Acımayacak [It Won't Hurt]	Not Available	Kayıp [Lost]

Öp [Kiss]	Adımı Kalbine Yaz [Write My Name Across Your Heart]	Not Available	Not Available

Release Notes
Released in the summer of 2010, with CD sleeve photographs taken in Los Angeles by celebrity photographer Guiliano Bekor, the album sold 100,000 copies in its first twenty-four hours. It doubled sales figures in just ten days, and went on to sell nearly half a million copies and become the best selling album of 2010. It also won critical acclaim, topping the list of radio DJs and music critics.

Consisting of eight original and five remixed tracks, the album is a fusion of old, new, and enduring musical formulas, with long-time producer Ozan Çolakoğlu remaining firmly at the production helm of Tarkan's musical direction. However in contrast to their previous two-man effort, Metamorfoz in 2007, this time around Tarkan took the decision to work with various songwriters.

Noted for new collaborations with poet Günay Çoban, and female composer Gülşah Tütüncü, the 2010 musical offering also incorporates the lyrical skills of old favourites Sezen Aksu and Yıldız Tilbe. Tarkan last worked with Tilbe on his 1994 album A-acayipsin, while the artist's musical partnership with Aksu on this album ended a 13 year collaborative hiatus, as well as lending the opportunity for Tarkan to team up with Aksu's son Mithat Can Özer for the first time.

The album also sees the first collaboration with Aysel Gürel for the album's opening track "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu", albeit two years after her death. The two had attempted to work together in the run-up to Tarkan's 2001 album Karma, but it would be ten years before the late female lyricist's name finally appeared on a bona fide release.

Reportedly composed by Tarkan after the posthumous discovery of Gürel's lyrics, it was the fulfilment of a promise, and was deemed worth the wait. Tarkan released "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu" two months in advance of the album's official release, as a teaser on his revamped official site Tarkan.com, and simultaneously across Turkish radio stations nationwide.

The song "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu", about a last-ditch attempt at love, struck a chord with music critics and was touted as a comeback for the recording artist, who had made national and worldwide headlines for an anti-drug sting on his home in Istanbul. It had resulted in a four day stay in police custody earlier that year, with the singer charged for drug use and possession of cannabis. Tarkan made his first public appearance after his arrest a few months later with a première performance of the song to open the 16th Kral Music Awards annual ceremony.

In true form to the artist's roller-coaster career as a music industry survivor, the track went on to become a hit with the public, topping national airplay charts for weeks. It garnered four nominations at the following Kral TV Music Awards in 2011, while the album was nominated in the Best Album category and Tarkan got a nod for Best Male Artist. The pop video to "Öp" was also nominated in the category for Best Music Video.

After twenty days of public voting, Tarkan and his creative team went on to win in every category nominated, whilst the artist was also recognised with two industry awards for best selling album and most played recording artist of 2010 to garner a tally of nine awards in total. Scooping all the major awards for one album was a feat hitherto unseen in the ceremony's seventeen year history, securing Tarkan's status as the station's most awarded recipient.

However, having dominated the prizes at music station Kral's 17th annual show, Tarkan was initially absent from the presentations until his surprise arrival at the end, much to the chagrin of the celebrity award announcers. He appeared after the finale announcement of the year's best song trophy for "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu", where he performed a montage of his 2010 songs before taking to the podium to accept his accolades to a standing ovation from the audience.

Immediately after the ceremony, Tarkan began trending on social media site Twitter as fans began to celebrate the recording artist's win with his 2010 album. He trended a second time on Twitter, and was again the subject of controversy, when he won two more prizes at the Golden Butterfly Awards, handed out by a newspaper the following month. In an evening not short of drama, he was voted by the paper's readership as best pop male singer of the year, with best song going to "Sevdanın Son Vuruşu" - the song's fifth trophy to firmly position it as the nation's favourite song of the year.

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Sevdanın Son Vuruşu; Dir: Şafak Bakkalbaşıoğlu (Unofficial video of first performance of song at the annual 16th Kral Music Awards in 2010)
Öp; Dir: Nadir Bekar
Acımayacak; Dir: Murat Küçük
Kayıp; Dir: Serdar Dönmez
Adımı Kalbine Yaz "Ozinga Club Mix"; Dir: Nadir Bekar (Backstage footage) & Burak Yalman (Footage construction & editing) (This video includes live footage from Tarkan's 2011 European Tour, with photographs by Sedat Mehder.)

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Singles

2005-06-08T03:40:00.008Z

Discography 1992-2008: Singles

Click on covers for selected single information, tracklisting and song lyrics.

1998/99

Şımarık (Spoilt/Kiss Kiss)

Şıkıdım (Shake/Shikidim)

Bu Gece (Tonight)

2001

Kuzu Kuzu (Like A Lamb)

Hüp (Whoop)

2002

Bir Oluruz Yolunda(United For You) [2002 FIFA World Cup]

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2005/06

Bounce

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Start the Fire

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Bounce

2005-06-08T03:30:00.000Z

Bounce [Turkish Release]

[Coming Soon]

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Hüp

2005-06-08T03:29:00.007Z

Hüp [Whoop]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

Sleeve art at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Dance, Pop, World
Release Date(s): December, 2001
Formats: CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song lyrics]

1. Ozinga Disco Mix (Öncel)	[4:30]
2. Özgür Buldum Club Mix (Öncel)	[6:01]
3. Hüp Alaturka (Öncel)	[4:05]
4. Orient Dub Mix (Öncel)	[5:26]
5. İlterocktive Mix (Öncel)	[3:37]
6. Kıvanch K Mix (Öncel)	[7:27]
7. Hüp Original Version (Öncel)	[3:40]
8. Ozan Doğulu Mix (Öncel)	[4:52]
9. The Video Single (Öncel/Özpetek)	[4:12]

Song Information [Flash Player required]

Release Notes
This is the second single from Tarkan 2001 Karma album. This CD single is sometimes known as "Hüp 8", due to the 8 tracks on the single and to distinguish it from the Pepsi promotional cassette. Known as "Hüp 4" it did not retail separately, but was part of a Pepsi campaign in which the public had to collect Pepsi labels to obtain it. It proved to be so popular that Tarkan decided to publish a wider release of the Hüp remixes in this CD format, with an extra four tracks (İlterocktive, Kivanch K, Ozan Dogulu mixes and the original edit).

The enhanced CD single holds the music video to the original song (not the "Ozinga Disco Mix"), which was directed by Italian movie director Ferzan Özpetek. Sponsored by soft drinks giant Pepsi it was the most expensively filmed Turkish music video to date. The CD single also offered Internet connection through the now defunct Tarkanonline.com as a provider, e-mail and webhost.

The "Hüp" song is sometimes mistakenly thought to be the Turkish mascot song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This is usually because the song was used on TV and radio spots featuring Tarkan promoting Pepsi's sponsorship of the Turkish National football team in the 2002 Championship in Japan and Korea. However, Tarkan's song for the World Cup is the promotional single "Bir Oluruz Yolunda" (United For You).

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Ozinga Disco Remix; Dir: Kıvanç Baruönu/İzzet Öz Productions (It shows a montage of unused scenes from the orginal video and images from Tarkan concerts and is also filled with slogans campaigning against music piracy.)
Original version; Dir: Ferzan Özpetek (See the Karma album's release notes for more details.)

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Kuzu Kuzu

2005-06-08T03:29:00.006Z

Kuzu Kuzu [Like A Lamb]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

Sleeve art at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Dance, Pop, World
Release Date(s): May, 2001
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Istanbul Plak

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song lyrics]

1. Original Version (Tarkan)	[3:50]
2. D^kevrim Mix (Tarkan)	[5:43]
3. Kıvanch K. Mix (Tarkan)	[8:36]
4. Ozinga Mix (Tarkan)	[8:43]
5. Acoustic Version (Tarkan)	[3:40]

Song Information [Flash Player required]

Release Notes
This was Tarkan's first ever single release in Turkey. It was a commercial risk in an album-orientated music industry, but became the highest selling single in Turkish music history, eventually reaching a million sales. The CD single holds one extra track than the audio cassette. This is the D^kEVRIM Mix.

For "Kuzu Kuzu", it was the first time an official website was opened for the release of one of his singles. The subsequent album Karma, released three months later, was also to have its own website. A second single followed the release of "Kuzu Kuzu" and Karma, titled "Hüp".

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Original Version; Dir: Metin Arolat
Acoustic Version; Dir: Metin Arolat

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Bu Gece

2005-06-08T03:28:00.005Z

Bu Gece [Tonight]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

Card sleeve art at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Dance, Pop
Release Date(s): 1999
Formats: CD
Label: Universal

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song lyrics]

2-track single >>

7-track single >>

12 inch release >>

1. Bu Gece (Kır Zincirlerini) Remix '99 (Tarkan)	[3:51]
2. Unut Beni (Tarkan)	[5:28]

1. Club Remix (Tarkan)	[5:33]
2. Radio Version (Tarkan)	[3:53]
3. DJ Tomcraft Remix (Tarkan)	[6:10]
4. Smash Vocal Mix (Tarkan)	[3:48]
5. Extended Version (Tarkan)	[5:29]
6. Acoustic Version (Tarkan)	[3:49]
7. Original Version (Tarkan)	[5:25]

A1. DJ Tomcraft Remix (Tarkan)	[6:10]
B1. Clubheroes Remix (Tarkan)	[5:33]
B2. Radio '99 Mix (Tarkan)	[3:53]

Song Information [Flash Player required]

Release Notes
Tarkan's third European release single "Bu Gece" originally formed part of Tarkan's 1997 album Ölürüm Sana under the title of "Kır Zincirlerini". The song was written and composed by Tarkan. The "Remix '99" track was re-produced by Laurent Marimbert and re-mixed by Jeeb at ADS Studios for the European music market and was also published in the singer's international album Tarkan. It was released as a single in 1999 after his previous two singles Şımarık and Şıkıdım, and made the dance charts in Turkey, Germany, Sweden and Holland.

There are two European editions of the CD single. The 7-track release consisted of a variety of remixes while the 2-track edition published his "Unut Beni" song from the Ölürüm Sana album, alongside his Remix '99 song. The 2-track single was released with a card wallet/sleeve.

A 12" vinyl version of this single was distributed as a club promo, too. It included the DJ Tomcraft and Clubheroes mixes.

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Kır Zincirlerini (Bu Gece)

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Şıkıdım

2005-06-08T03:28:00.001Z

Şıkıdım [Shake]

[Coming Soon]

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Şımarık

2005-06-08T03:28:00.000Z

Şımarık [Spoilt]

[Coming Soon]

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Promotional

2005-06-05T15:45:00.009Z

Discography 1992-2008: Promos

Click on covers for selected information, tracklisting and lyrics in English.

1995

Hepsi Senin Mi? (Who Do You Think You Are?)
[Rare promo sample CD single]

2001

Hüp Remix 4
[Pepsi]

2002

Özgürlük İçimizde (Freedom Is Within Us)
[Turkcell's Hazır Kart]

2002

Bir Oluruz Yolunda (United For You)
[2002 FIFA World Cup]

2005

Ayrılık Zor (Separation Is Hard)
[AVEA]

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2008

Uyan (Wake Up)
[Doğa Derneği]

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Hepsi Senin Mi?

2005-06-05T15:44:00.003Z

Hepsi Senin Mi?[Who Do You Think You Are?]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics) [Flash Player required]

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Parent album art at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Pop
Release Date(s): 1995
Formats: CD
Label: Angora/MMS Group of Companies, Inc.

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song lyrics]

1. Hepsi Senin Mi? (Aksu)	[4:05]
2. Bekle (Çolakoğlu/Sayın)	[5:25]
3. Kış Güneşi (Şensoy/Tilbe)	[4:15]

Song Information [Flash Player required]

Release Notes
After the success of parent album A-acayipsin, this indoor promotional sample CD was released in 1995 and distributed to European radio stations. It was not made available for general retail.

Music Videos were filmed for tracks -

Hepsi Senin Mi?; Dir: Hazım (to be later renamed "Şikidim" for the European market)
Kış Güneşi; Dir: Umur Turagay

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Bir Oluruz Yolunda

2005-06-05T15:43:00.004Z

Bir Oluruz Yolunda [United For You]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

2002 Pepsi Promo Pictures at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Pop, Anthem
Release Date(s): 25 April, 2002
Formats: CD
Label: HITT

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song lyrics]

1. Bir Oluruz Yolunda-1 (Tarkan/Varışlı)	[4:16]
2. Bir Oluruz Yolunda-2 (Tarkan/Varışlı)	[4:22]

Song Information [Flash Player required]

Release Notes
Under the sponsorship of Pepsi, Tarkan released this football anthem as a promotional single to celebrate Turkey's first entry into World Cup football in 2002. It had a retail release and was titled "Bir Oluruz Yolunda" (United For You); the music was taken from "Taş", a song from his Karma album.

Music videos were filmed for tracks -

Bir Oluruz Yolunda-2; Dir: Kıvanç Baruönu/Böcek Yapım (This video was added to the single as multimedia.)

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Özgürlük İçimizde Information

2005-06-05T15:42:00.005Z

Özgürlük İçimizde [Freedom Is Within Us]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

2002 Hazır Kart Promo Pictures at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Pop, Ballad
Release Date(s): 5 March, 2002
Formats: MC
Label: HITT

Production Credits [Flash Player required]

Track Listing: [click here for the English translation to the song lyrics]

A1. Original Version (Tarkan)	[4:02]
B1. Ozinga Alternative Version (Tarkan)	[3:22]

Release Notes
This promotional song was Tarkan's first work to be published by his own music company HITT. It was composed by Tarkan for Turkish mobile cellular communications giant Turkcell's prepaid Hazır Kart range of commercials, in which he featured. Along with TV adverts and a Turkcell sponsored series of tours, the campaign included a 2002 calendar, PC multimedia and specially designed phone cards, using the concept that a phone enables a person to unlimited freedom to travel and still keep in touch. Available in audio cassette format only, it was not released for general distribution, but given as a free gift with puchases of the prepaid cards.

Some music commentators have suggested that this is Tarkan's most autobiographical song, with the lyrics reflecting his love of nature and episodes from his life dealing with domestic conservative attitudes.

Commercials filmed with these tracks -

"I'm Free" Campaign, Parts 2, 3 & 4 ; Dir: Sinan Çetin/Plato Film

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Özgürlük İçimizde Lyrics

2005-06-05T15:41:00.000Z

Özgürlük İçimizde [Freedom Is Within Us]
Lyrics: Tarkan | Music: Tarkan

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Ayrılık Zor Lyrics

2005-06-05T03:42:00.000Z

Ayrılık Zor [Separation Is Hard]
Lyrics: Tarkan | Music: Tarkan

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Ayrılık Zor Information

2005-06-05T03:41:00.004Z

Ayrılık Zor [Separation Is Hard]

Single Credits

Track Listing

Song Lyrics (Turkish & English) [Flash Player required]

Release Notes

2005 Avea Promo Pictures at Tarkan Visual

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Single Credits
Genre: Pop
Release Date(s): 17 May, 2005
Formats: MC, CD
Label: HITT

Production Credits [Flash Player required]

Track Listing: [click here for the English translation to the song lyrics]

1. Orijinal Versiyon (Tarkan)	[4:05]
2. Ozinga Melankoli Mix (Tarkan)	[3:36]
3. Ozinga Pop Alaturka Mix (Tarkan)	[3:32]
4. Murat Matthew Erdem Mix (Tarkan)	[3:50]
5. Hakan Ozgan Mix (Tarkan)	[3:49]
6. Serkan Dinçer Mix (Tarkan)	[3:51]

Release Notes
This promotional song was composed by Tarkan for Turkish mobile cellular communications company Avea, which included a series of commercials in which he featured. Along with TV adverts and an Avea sponsored series of tours in 2005 and 2006, the campaign included a stand alone website at tarkan.avea.com.tr, 2006 calendar and customised phone cards. Under the banner of "Love & Tarkan", it used the concept that loved ones separated by distance should keep in touch. Available in audio cassette and CD format, even though it was not released for general distribution, it sold nearly half a million copies.

Commercials filmed with these tracks -

"Love Wants to Be Heard" Campaign, Part 1; Dir: Paul Archard
"Love Wants to Be Heard" Campaign, Part 2; Dir: Emrah Yücel

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Unplugged

2005-06-04T20:19:00.005Z

Discography 1992-2008: Unplugged

These are selections of songs that Tarkan has sung live at concert or on TV shows, but that have never been released. Also provided below are two of the more popular Turkish classical music pieces that Tarkan sings at his concerts. Click on the song title of your choice.

Kara Gözler [Dark Eyes] (1996)
Yeni Yıl [New Year] (1996-97)
Dönülmez Akşamın Ufkundayız [We Are on the Horizon of a Night of No Return] (TCM)
Duydum ki Unutmuşsun [I Heard You'd Forgotten] (TCM)

Kara Gözler [Dark Eyes]
Lyrics: Tarkan | Music: Tarkan

Background information: In 1996 Tarkan gave a concert at Aya Irini, which was aired on Turkish TV channel ATV. He first sung this song there as a contender for his album 1997 Ölürüm Sana. The song did not make the release. It is also rumoured that Tarkan sung this song at an unplugged concert sponsored by Pepsi on Kanal D, in 2000/01, possibly for a new album Tarkan had intended to release entitled Benim Favorim [My Favourite]. This album never surfaced and in 2001 he released Karma instead.

Yeni Yıl [New Year]
Lyrics: Pakize Barışta | Music: Tarkan

Background information: Tarkan sung this song at a televised New Year Concert in 1996/97, and it became popular enough to get air time on Turkish radio stations, while the whole nation was waiting for the release of his 1997 album, Ölürüm Sana [I'd Die For You].

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Disney's Hercules

2005-06-04T19:01:00.006Z

Disney's Hercules

Original Soundtrack Album Credits

Track Listing

Song Information (Turkish & English lyrics for "Yolumdayım")
[Flash Player required]

Release Notes

Watch Tarkan as Disney's Hercules

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Album Credits
Genre: Original Soundtrack, Pop
Release Date(s): 1997/98
Formats: MC, CD
Label: Raks/PolyGram

All music written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel.
Original score by Alan Menken.
Disney approved Turkish translations by Sungun Babacan.
For more information click here.

Track Listing: [see below for the English translation to the song "Yolumdayım"]

1. Yolumdayım - Tarkan	[3:13]
2. Shooting Star - Boyzone	[4:11]
3. Go The Distance - Michael Bolton	[4:40]
4. A Star Is Born - Jocelyn Brown	[2:03]
5. The Gospel Truth - Jocelyn Brown	[4:26]
6. I Won't Say (I'm In Love) - Belinda Carlisle	[3:16]
7. No Importa La Distancia - Ricky Martin	[4:51]
8. Zero to Hero - Sounds of Blackness	[3:57]
9. Uzun Zaman Önce ("Long Ago...") - Haluk Kurdoğlu	[0:29]
10. Kutsal Gerçek I ("The Gospel Truth I/Main Title") - Various*	[2:24]
11. Kutsal Gerçek II ("The Gospel Truth II")	[0:58]
12. Kutsal Gerçek III ("The Gospel Truth III")	[1:04]
13. Yüce Zeus ("Oh Mighty Zeus") - Score	[0:45]
14. Yolumdayım (Reprise) - Tarkan	[0:55]
15. Son Bir Umut ("One Last Hope") - Ahmet Erez	[2:59]
16. Sıfırdan Oldu ("Zero to Hero") - Various*	[2:18]
17. Söyleyemem ("I Won't Say") - Zeynep Önkaya	[2:18]
18. Bir Yıldız Doğuyor ("A Star is Born") - Various*	[2:03]
19. Büyük Zeytin ("The Big Olive") - Score	[1:05]
20. Kehanet ("The Prophecy") - Score	[0:53]
21. Agora'nın Yıkılışı ("Destruction of the Agora") - Score	[2:06]
22. Phil'in Adası ("Phil's Island") - Score	[2:25]
23. Rodeo - Score	[0:39]
24. Şeytan'ın Konuşması ("Speak of the Devil") - Score	[0:30]
25. Hydra Savaşı ("The Hydra Battle") - Score	[3:28]
26. Meg'in Bahçesi ("Meg's Garden") - Score	[1:14]
27. Herkül'ün Villası ("Hercules' Villa") - Score	[0:36]
28. Eski Dostlar ("All Time Chump") - Score	[0:37]
29. Ömür Biçmek ("Cutting the Thread") - Score	[3:23]
30. Gerçek Bir Kahraman/Bir Yıldız Doğuyor ("A True Hero/A Star Is Born"/End Title) - Various* & Choir	[5:34]

* Singers: Işın Büyükkaraca, Melis Sökmen, Tuba Önal, Sibel Gürsoy, Yonca Karadağ

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Soundtracks

2005-06-04T19:00:00.003Z

Discography 1992-2008: Soundtracks

Click on selections under the album sleeves for production credits, information and song lyrics in English.

1997/8

Disney's Hercules (Herkül)
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Tarkan News

2005-05-31T03:09:00.044Z

Tarkan Magazine & News Archives

Tarkan Interviews »

2011

24.05.2011: Kral Prize Show Causes Controversy (A Transcript & Video)
[TV Editor-in-Chief Interviewed about Tarkan] (NTV's Gece Gündüz)

2010

19.02.2010: Turkish Pop Legend Takes It All Off
[Tarkan Chats to PETA] (The PETA Files)

2009

20.09.2009: Tarkan is Confused
[Mehmet Tez Talks to Tarkan's Producer] (Milliyet)

26.05.2009: Stop With This Insanity!
[Daniel Steinvorth Interviews Tarkan] (Der Spiegel International)

2008

15.01.2008: Tarkan - I Trust My Instincts
[Özlem Karadayı Doğan Interviews Tarkan] (TRT Radio Television Magazine)

2007

30.12.2007: Magazine Terror
[Elif N. Kutlu Talks to Tarkan] (Taraf)
22.02.2007: Tarkan Time (A Transcript)
[Reinout van Gendt Interviews Tarkan] (Dutch radio station FunX)
14.02.2007: I've Set My Sights On A Grammy
[Rue Kothari Interviews Tarkan] (Hello! Magazine)

2006

12.11.2006: This Country Will Stop At Nothing To Make Me Gay
[Ayşe Arman Interviews Tarkan] (Hürriyet)
01.07.2006: Start the Fire
[Avo Yermagyan Interviews Tarkan] (ALO Magazine)
01.05.2006: Tarkan Comes Closer
[Zeynep Üner Interviews Tarkan] (TimeOut Magazine)

2003
- 29.09.2003: Love Talks
  [Melike Birgölge Talks to Tarkan]
- 19.09.2003: Love Provocatéur
  [Can Dündar Interviews Tarkan] (Milliyet)
- 16.08.2003: His Hair Remains The Same, So Does His Energy
  [Interview with Tarkan's Manager] (Hürriyet)
- 25.06.2003: Transparent Tarkan
  [Onur Bastürk Interviews Tarkan] (Aktüel Magazine)
- 19.05.2003: Q & A
  [Tarkan Interview] (Tarkan.com)

2001
- 18.11.2001: Pop Music's Young Turk
  [David Segal Talks to Tarkan] (Washington Post)
- 01.10.2001: Tarkan Renewed
  [Damla Gökdel Writes] (Elele)
- 20.05.2001: Gentle As A Lamb
  [Ayşe Arman Interviews Tarkan] (Hürriyet)
- 01.05.2001: Tarkan Opens His Heart
  [Perihan Mağden Interviews Tarkan] (Vizyon)

1999

09.08.1999: Tarkan Finds His Moves Take Him Across Borders
[Bruno del Granado reports] (CNN WorldBeat)

1998

12.02.1998: San Hits Back
[Hürriyet Life Talks to Tarkan's Ex-manager] (Hürriyet)
08.02.1998: Ahmet San Destroyed my American Dream
[Hürriyet Life Interviews Tarkan] (Hürriyet)

1996

01.08.1996: Now It's Tarkan Time
[Marie Claire Talks to Tarkan] (Marie Claire)

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2011

16.09.2011: Tarkan Confesses to Drug Use
[Radikal] (News Agency Report)

15.09.2011: Notes from Tarkan's Harbiye Shows
[Hürriyet Kampüs] (University Paper Review)

31.07.2011: Fanta Festival Breaks Records with Tarkan
[MagazinCity] (Online Entertainment Report)

24.07.2011: Tarkan Visits Turkish Children's Home for Charity
[Mika-Der] (Charity Association Report)

19.06.2011: Ricky Martin: An Honour to Sing with Tarkan
[Haberturk Magazin] (Entertainment News Report)

14.06.2011: Tarkan Wins Best Male Pop Singer Award
[Hürriyet Kelebek & Star TV] (Entertainment News Report & Video)

09.06.2011: Tarkan Drug Case Gets Under Way
[Haberturk] (Online News Report)

07.06.2011: Tarkan to Face Drug Charges
[ntvmsnbc] (News Report)

19.05.2011: 'Kingly Awards' are Talk of the Press
[ntvmsnbc] (Entertainment Report)

2008

13.04.2008: Tarkan Live at Wembley
[Student magazine's concert review] (Wessex Scene's The Edge)

2006

01.06.2006: How Can Megastar Tarkan Be Saved?
[Melis Danişmend writes] (Rolling Stone Magazine)

2005

27.08.2005: Latest Developments In The Tarkan Camp
[Tarkan's English Songs Stolen] (Hürriyet)
24.04.2005: Completely Detached
[Lennert Lehmann Discusses] (Qantara.de)
14.04.2005: Rob Thomas In Deep 'Dudu'?
[Pete Blackwell Blogs] ((parenthetical remarks))

2004
- 11.11.2004: Turk Prince of Pop
  [Jessica Chacko Reviews Tarkan] (The Hillsdale Collegian)

2003
- 12.10.2003: Tarkan's Best Kept Secrets
  [A Collection of Quotes] (Posta)
- 30.05.2003: The Slick Man of Europe
  [Sunu Erdem Talks Turkish Pop] (The Times)

2001
- 19.11.2001: Turkish Star's Trouble Over 'Explicit' Video
  [BBC Report] (BBC Entertainment)
- 26.04.2001: Pop Star's Sexuality Sparks Debate
  [Nadire Mater Reports] (Bianet News)

2000

22.07.2000: Turkish Singer's Latin Success Sealed With a Kiss, or Two
[Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez reports] (Los Angeles Times)

1998

27.11.1998: Turkish Pop Star in Military Service Row
[Chris Morris reports] (BBC World News Service)
20.06.1998: Tarkan's Shock Scenes
[Ali Eyüboğlu reports] (Milliyet)
05.02.1998: Tarkan War in France
[Ali Eyüboğlu reports] (Milliyet)

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Turkish Pop Legend Takes It All Off

2005-05-30T03:11:00.051Z

Interview conducted by PETA Germany
The PETA Files (Posted by Logan Scherer)
19.02.2010

"Turkish Pop Legend Takes It All Off"

Question: Why are we obsessed with Turkish pop legend Tarkan? Answer: Deemed the "Prince of Pop" and the Turkish Elvis, the international musical phenomenon is also a friend to animals. He took time out of his hectic schedule to pose with Penny, a PETA staff member's rescued pooch, and to urge people to help control the animal overpopulation crisis by having their animal companions spayed or neutered. Check out his new ad and an interview he did with PETA Germany:

Photography: Giuliano Bekor | Styling: Avo Yermagyan
Hair: Naomi Abraham | Make-Up: Chantal Moore

When did PETA first enter your life?

During the promotional tour for my album Come Closer, PETA reached out to me to voice feelings about my wearing a fur coat on the album cover. Having been an animal lover since childhood, this instance when I was pictured wearing fur on the cover of my album was truly a regrettable one. On the day of my album's cover shoot, we tested many looks, one of which happened to include a coat with fur accents. The pictures ended up being used as the album's cover artwork. In hindsight, I wish I had never worn the coat—but I am also a believer that everything in life happens for a reason. Because of that mistake, PETA and I crossed paths, joined forces, and are now working together to protect animal rights worldwide. Once all the unimaginable circumstances being suffered by helpless animals were brought to my attention and I saw footage portraying the horrible pain that animals were enduring for the sake of fashion, I immediately swore off fur.

What do you think of PETA?

I am happy to be supporting PETA—an organization that's fighting for animal rights worldwide. PETA's relentless efforts to protect the well-being of animals around the world is a cause that is very important to me.

How do you think we can make animals' lives better? Do you think that the existing campaigns are enough?

I am fortunate enough to be able to use my celebrity to draw attention to PETA and to encourage my fans to join the animal rights movement. I feel it is up to all of us to take a stand as consumers and choose a cruelty-free lifestyle. Once we stop encouraging industries that are making a profit at the expense of animals, we will end the demand and make a change for animals worldwide.

Do you think that celebrities are doing enough to protect the rights of animals in Turkey?

There have been many celebrities in Turkey who have spoken out for animal rights, including my dear friend, Sezen Aksu, who is both an animal lover and an activist. I hope that with this campaign, more of my colleagues, friends, and fans will be inspired to voice their support for animal rights.

How did you find your dogs?

Over the last few years, I have rescued approximately a dozen dogs from the streets of Turkey. Some were brought to me by friends, and some have even shown up at my doorstep looking for a home. They have brought me endless joy, and I treasure their unconditional love.

How many dogs do you have, and where do they live?

I currently have four dogs (all rescued), named Efe, Carmella, Johnita, and Jackie. They all live with me at my ranch just outside Istanbul.

Do you have a favorite among them? Why?

I love all my dogs, as each has his or her own unique character. But Johnita is very special to me—she is the one who never leaves my side, no matter what.

Tell us a story about you and one of your dogs.

I used to have a dog named Efe, who I loved—and who passed away. Just a week later, a stray dog who almost identically resembled Efe showed up at my doorstep. I immediately welcomed him into my family and named him Efe as well.

How is your life nowadays? What is the latest with you?

I am currently in the studio working on my new album. In my free time, I like to work with many nonprofit organizations such as Doğa Derneği (Nature Foundation), UNICEF, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and more, to use my voice for change. But most of all, I am happy to be able to come home to my loving companions at the end of a long day at the studio.

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