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Nilüfer (singer)

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Nilüfer Yumlu
Nilüfer and Sezen Aksu in a concert in Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre, İstanbul, 2012
Background information
Also known asNilüfer
Born (1955-05-31) May 31, 1955 (age 69)
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
GenresTurkish Pop
OccupationSinger
Years active1972–present
LabelsOdeon, Yaşar, Tempa&Foneks, DMC

Nilüfer Yumlu (born 31 May 1955 in the Cihangir neighborhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul),[1] commonly known as Nilüfer, is a Turkish pop singer.

In 1992, one of her biggest hits, Show Yapma, included in Yine Yeni Yeniden album. Also Kar Taneleri (1984, Nilüfer '84), Mor Menekşe (1988, Esmer Günler), Esmer Günler (1988, Esmer Günler), Eğrisi Doğrusu (1994, Ne Masal Ne Rüya), Mavilim (1997, Nilüfer'le) and Dünya Dönüyor (1998, Yeniden Yetmişe) are her well-known hits.

Together with the band Nazar, she represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, where she shared 18th place with Seija Simola from Finland. Since 1997 she has been Turkey's National Ambassador to UNICEF.[2] In 1998, she was awarded the honorary title of State Artist of Turkey.[3] She developed breast cancer, but beat the cancer after a nine-month treatment.[4]

Discography

References

Achievements
Preceded by Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
1978
Succeeded by