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[edit] Notability

Page contains assertions of notability (chart-topping singles and status as first Turkish practitioner of a musical genre). These may or may not be true, but a quick search indicates that there is a professional musician by that name (discography here). If he's not sufficiently notable or the assertions prove unverifiable, the article should be deleted through PROD or AFD, not by speedy. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 12:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

• It looks like there are a bunch of scanned print media mentions on the "Media" section of the performer's homepage, but unfortunately they all appear to be in Turkish. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 13:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

some sources for notability:

• Turkish newspaper Radikal states his song (dreamer) was on the first place of Balance Promote Record Pool Chart.
• [1]balance record pool chart:week ending december 15, 2003--Hattusili 16:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Google search -in English

• Google search in English gives 19,300 counts
• Unreasonable Delete tag.

Mustafa Akalp^TC 17:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Given the input of the above two editors (both native Turkish speakers whom I'd asked to evaluate the claims in the article), I'm going to go ahead and remove the PROD. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 12:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)