- Gülşen
Gülşen Bayraktar is a Turkish pop singer. She registered increasing fame following the release of four albums and an image based on her
sex-appeal . Her present image comes after the more conservative looks she had adopted during her earlier albums.Life and career
Gülşen was born on
29 May 1976 inİstanbul . She did her studies in her İstanbul quarter ofŞehremini and in the Turkish Classical Music Department ofIstanbul Technical University .Her first album, "Be Adam" ("O man!") which was released in 1995, gave Gülşen a good debut in
Turkey 's music world, and her second album, "Erkeksen" ("If you are a man"), came three years afterwards in 1998. Following another interval of three years, the album "Şimdi" ("Now"), released in 2001 was released. This did not attain the popularity she had hoped. The relative failure of this album could be attributed to the image she presented on her 2004 album "Of...Of...". Themusic video for the main title "Sarışınım" ("My blonde"), in which she was barely covered with blurred spots on a few parts of her slim body, was judged as obscene by the state watchdog for TV broadcasts,RTÜK (High Board for Radio and TV), and a number of TV channels were issued warnings for having broadcast the clip.The 2006 album title "Yurtta aşk, cihanda aşk" , a reference to
Atatürk 's famous phrase, "peace in the country, peace in the world" was released in June 2006. In the meantime, Gülşen's private life also gets a lot of coverage in the Turkish news media and gossip tabloids. In order to reach the international audience, she uses the name "Gulshen" to assure a correct pronunciation of her given name.Discography
* "Be Adam (O man!)"(1995)
* "Erkeksen (If you are a man)" (1998)
* "Şimdi (Now)" (2001)
* "Of...Of..." (2004)
* "Yurtta aşk, cihanda aşk (Love at home, love in the world)" (2006)
* "Ama bir farkla (But with a difference)"(2007)External links
* [http://www.gulsenfan.com Fan site]
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