İbrahim Tatlıses

Infobox musical artist

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = İbrahim Tatlı
Alias = İbo
Born = Urfa, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Occupation = Singer, Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Years_active = 1975 - Present
Label = Various
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URL = [http://www.tatlises.com.tr www.tatlises.com.tr]
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İbrahim Tatlıses (born İbrahim Tatlı, affectionately known as İbo) is a singer of mixed Arab ["Rough Guide to World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East", ed. Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, and Richard Trillo (1999), p. 409.] and Kurdish [cite book |last=Zürcher |first=Erik Jan |title=Turkey: A Modern History |year=2004 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=1850433992, 9781850433996 |pages=p. 316] background born in the town of Şanlıurfa in Turkey. Tatlıses is one of Turkey's most prolific recording artists. His twenty-three albums include "Ayağında Kundura" (which broke all sales records in Turkey in 1978), and "Selam Olsun" (which focused on traditional folk music played on indigenous instruments). He hosts a popular television program İbo Show and has appeared in several dozen films. In recent years he has become more popular in the Middle East as well as countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany.

Biography

Born in Şanlıurfa to a homeless family in January 1 1952Fact|date=August 2008, Tatlıses was raised by his mother and his friend Naim Celik. His father died, when he was a young child. Music provided an outlet for emotional stress. He began singing at weddings and other celebrations while still in his teens. Although he released an album in 1975, it failed to sell, and Tatlıses temporarily left music. Moving to Istanbul with his family in 1977, he then worked as a salesman until recording his second album, "Ayağında Kundura". The success of this album proved to be the launching pad for Tatlıses. An important star during the 1980s, he recorded numerous folk dance hits with the accompaniment of an orchestra and was recognized as a master of the rural "uzun hava" style, marked by lengthy, semi-improvised tunes. Ibrahim Talises has worked with the best directors, and best Arabic singers like Omar Elmir (Ibn Yaol) from Lebanon.

In December 2003, Tatlıses was criticized when he sang a folk song in Kurdish on the İbo Show. The incident sparked protests and boycotts by Turkish nationalists and an assassination attempt. [Kerim Yildiz and Georgina Fryer, "The Kurds: Culture and language Rights" (London, 2004), p. 221.]

Tatlıses initially stood as an MP candidate in the July 2007 Turkish elections and lost. In March 2008 he released the album "Neden" ("Why").

Discography

Albums

*Acı Gerçekler
*Ayağında Kundura
*Sabuha
*Dom dom kurşunu
*Bir mumdur
*Ben İnsan Değil Miyim
*Gelme İstemem
*Yaşamak Bu Değil
*Mutlu Ol Yeter
*Yalan
*Benim Hayatım
*Gülüm Benim-Gülümse Biraz
*Allah Allah-Hülya
*Kara Zindan
*Fosforlu Cevriyem
*Kralın Konseri-Anılarım
*İnsanlar
*Dünü Ve Bugünü İle
*Vur Gitsin Beni-Yemin Ettim
*Ben Aşk İçin Ölürüm
*Mavi Mavi (1989)
*Ah Keşkem (1992)
*Mega Aşk (1993)
*Haydi Söyle (1994)
*İbrahim Tatlıses Klasikleri (1995)
*Ben De İsterem (1996)
*At Gitsin (1998)
*Selam Olsun (1999)
*Söylim mi (2000)
*Yetmez Mi (2001)
*Tek Tek (2003)
*Aramam (2004)
*Sizler İçin (2006)
*Bulamadım (2007)
*Neden (19 March 2008)

Filmography

Actor

*1980: "Çile"

*1983: "Günah (aka The Sin)"
*1984: "Aysem"
*1985: "Mavi Mavi"
*1986: "Sarhos "
*1986: "Gülümse biraz"
*1987: "Gülüm benim"
*1987: "Dertli dertli"
*1988: "Hülya"
*1988: "Asiksin"
*1989: "Fosforlu"
*1997: "Firat1 (mini) TV Series"

Director

*1982: "Yalan (aka The Lie)"
*1983: "Yorgun (aka Tired)"
*1983: "Günah (aka The Sin)"
*1984: "Aysem"
*1986: "Sarhos "(aka Tipsy)
*1986: "Gülümse biraz"(aka Smile)
*1986: "Gülüm benim"(aka My rose)
*1987: "Dertli dertli"
*1988: "Hülya"
*1988: "Asiksin"(aka You're in love)
*1997: "Firat (mini) TV Series"

Writer

*1983: "Günah (aka The Sin)"

Producer

*1982: "Yalan (aka The Lie)"

References

External links

* [http://www.tatlises.com.tr İbrahim Tatlıses Official Web-site]
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