İbrahim Tatlıses
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İbrahim Tatlıses (born İbrahim Tatlı in 1952, affectionately known as İbo) is a singer of mixed Arab and Kurdish background born in the town of Şanlıurfa in Turkey.[1] 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, Tatlıses was raised by his mother and Naim Celik, his dear friend. His father died, when he was a young child. Music provided an outlet for emotional stress, also known as dertli. 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.
In December of 2003, Tatlıses was criticized when he sang a folk song in Kurdish on the İbo Show. The incident sparked protests and boycotts by Turkish nationalist and an assassination attempt.[2]
Talıses initially stood as an MP candidate in the July 2007 Turkish elections and lost. In March of 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
- 1980: Ayrilik kolay degil
- 1982: Yalan (aka The Lie)
- 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)
- 1987: Gülüm benim(aka My rose)
- 1987: Dertli dertli
- 1988: Hülya
- 1988: Asiksin(aka Your in love)
- 1997: Firat (mini) TV Series
Writer
- 1983: Günah (aka The Sin)
Producer
- 1982: Yalan (aka The Lie)