Özlem Tekin

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Özlem Tekin
Born November 18, 1971 (1971-11-18) (age 36)
California, U.S.
Origin Ankara, Turkey
Genre(s) Acoustic rock, Hard rock, Punk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress
Years active 1990 – present
Label(s) Peker Müzik, İstanbul Plak
Associated acts Volvox

Özlem Tekin (born November 18, 1971) is a Turkish singer, TV show host and occasional actress, primarily known for her music. Though she started out in the hard rock genre, her music has progressed to incorporate different styles such as house, punk, and Turkish folk music.

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[edit] Life and career

Özlem Tekin was born in California, United States into a Turkish-American family. Her father Talat Tekin was a prominent Turkologist at UC Berkeley. The Tekins moved to Turkey when she was four years old. Özlem grew up in Ankara, where she went on to study classical western music at the Hacettepe University Music Conservatory in Ankara, specializing in the clarinet.

She started out as the vocalist in The Bad. The Bad was an underground rock band like most other rock bands and they would perform gigs at clubs, often playing covers of other popular bands. In 1993, she met Şebnem Ferah, who has now also become another recognized rock musician in Turkey, and became the keyboard player of the successful all-female rock band Volvox. Özlem occasionally performed as the lead singer as well.

While still in Volvox, she met Hakan Peker and they started working on her debut solo album in 1994. This album, Kime Ne (literally, who cares?), was eventually released in January 1996 to widespread critical acclaim. The first single Aşk Herşeyi Affeder Mi? (Does love forgive everything?) shot to the top of the charts. Other hit tracks include Duvaksız Gelin (Bride without a veil) and Herkes Şanslı Doğmuyor (Not everyone is born lucky).

Then, Özlem Tekin left Hakan Peker's record label and went to İstanbul Plak which also had acquired other popular singers like Tarkan. Her second album Öz was released in February 1998. This spawned Yol which became an enormous hit.

Laubali came out a year later to great success.

Özlem started up her own TV show on Kanal D called Yaz Rüzgarı (Summer Wind) in 2000. This aired for 1 hour, 5 days a week and received high ratings. In year 2003 she started acting in the TV series "Sil Baştan" (From the Beginning). This show aired for 2 years, also with high ratings.

In 2005, she starred in the stage musical "Mucizeler Komedisi" (The Comedy of Miracles). That very year, her new album "10987654321" was released, which presented a much harder sound than her previous effort.

In 2006 she played in the Cem Yılmaz movie "Hokkabaz" (The Trickster).

In the same year,she also played in the tv movie "Maçolar".

After this experiment,she met with a nice surprise which is a forest for her,owing to her tenth year in music sector.After a long preparation,the forest was completed and named as "Özlem Tekin-Bahar Ormanı (Özlem Tekin-Spring Forest)" by her fans.

In 2007, she played in another TV movie "Fesupanallah" and nowadays she is preparing for her new project which is a theatre play "Kim O".Özlem Tekin will share the roles with a famous Turkish thespian Metin Serezli in this project.

In 2008,she started a new TV programme in one of the most famous national music channel in Turkey,Kral Tv.The programme's name is "Hiperaktif" (means a person that can not stand without any reactions) because of Özlem's character.Özlem is fully suitable for the programme format in her second TV announcer experience after "Yaz Rüzgarı".

[edit] Discography

109876543210 (İstanbul Plak) (2005)

  1. Değmez
  2. Gezegen X
  3. Cinayet
  4. Belki
  5. Dene
  6. Kaf Dağı
  7. Aşk Yangın
  8. A) Şık
  9. Aşinayım Firara
  10. Adımı Söyle

Tek Başıma (İstanbul Plak) (2002)

  1. Kimbilir
  2. Dağları Deldim
  3. Hep Yek
  4. Oof
  5. Kırıldım
  6. Deli Gibi
  7. Onun İçin
  8. Aşka Dair
  9. İki Adım
  10. Daa

Laubali (İstanbul Plak) (1999)

  1. Laubali
  2. Vurma
  3. Biri Var
  4. Biberi Bol
  5. Bu Kalp
  6. Kumdan Kaleler
  7. Yazmamışlar
  8. Ve Olamadı Aşk
  9. Sorma
  10. Beni Yakan Aşkın
  11. Bir yaz Günü

Öz (İstanbul Plak) (1998)

  1. Bahar
  2. Öz
  3. Yol
  4. Saat
  5. Paparazzi
  6. Tarlalar
  7. Duvar
  8. Dünya
  9. Çok
  10. Hiç

Kime Ne (Peker Müzik) (1996)

  1. Aşk Herşeyi Affeder Mi
  2. Sebepsiz Savaş
  3. Duvaksız Gelin
  4. Yar Bana Varmadı
  5. Kime Ne
  6. Herkes Şanslı Doğmuyor
  7. Niye Bana Bu Ceza
  8. Adresler Karıştı
  9. Var mı Yan Bakan
  10. Gel Bu Yaz

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