Kayahan was born in Izmir, on March 29th, 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul. The songs which were written and composed by Kayahan and sung by Nilufer are some of most well-known Turkish pop songs. Throughout his career, Kayahan sang only his songs and each album of his had a different theme. “Yoksun gozlu sevgilim”, the very first album by Kayahan, was released in 1976. In 1993, he released “Son Sarkilarim” which featured 10 songs all written by himself. That year he gave a concert in Kizilay, Ankara for an audience of 260.000. Two years later, Kayahan followed up with Benim Penceremden. Two songs from that album (“Ben Anadolu Cocuguyum” and “Allahim Neydi Gunahim”) were very popular and both covered by other singers later on. His last album “Biricigim’e” was realased on 8 March 2007. He currently resides in Istanbul. |
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