Turkish women in music

Turkish women in music may perform in one or more genres of music which are the Turkish folklore music, the Turkish classical music, popular music or Western classical music. Folklore music is the traditional music with Turkish lryics (see türkü). Turkish classical music is actually the continuation of the Ottoman palace music which is also in Turkish. Turkish popular music is similar to western popular music (western melodies with Turkish or original lyrics, new compositions and arranged form of folklore music).

List of performers

• Hadise Açıkgöz (aka Hadise)
• Esin Afşar
• Hümeyra Akbay (aka Hümeyra)
• Belkis Akkale
• Demet Akalın
• Sezen Aksu
• Ayla Algan
• Ayten Alpman
• Aynur Aydın
• Rojda Aykoç
• Safiye Ayla
• Gülşen Bayraktar (aka Gülşen)
• Perihan Benli (aka Romalı Perihan)
• Semiha Berksoy
• İdil Biret
• Nil Burak
• Sibel Can
• Deniz Çelik (aka Bendeniz)
• İzel Çeliköz (aka İzel)
• Göksel Demirpençe (aka Göksel)
• Ayla Dikmen
• Gökçe Dincer (aka Gökçe)
• Esmeray Diriker (aka Esmeray)
• Nükhet Duru
• Arzu Ece
• Sibel Egemen
• Candan Erçetin
• Bengü Erden
• Sertab Erener
• Gülben Ergen
• Verda Erman
• Bülent Ersoy
• Yonca Evcimik (aka Yoncamik)
• Şebnem Ferah
• Leyla Gencer

• Tülay German
• Ebru Gündeş
• Burcu Güneş
• Aslı Güngör
• Seden Gürel
• Yıldız Kaplan
• Işın Karaca
• Suna Kan
• Nil Karaibrahimgil
• Nezihe Kalkan (aka Nez)
• Tülay Keçialan (aka Asya)
• Deniz Kurtel
• Zuhal Olcay
• Ayşe Hatun Önal
• Füsun Önal
• Nazan Öncel
• Zerrin Özer
• Şebnem Paker
• Ajda Pekkan
• Demet Sağıroğlu
• Şevval Sam
• Emel Sayın
• Pamela Spence (aka Pamela)
• Seyyal Taner
• Özlem Tekin
• Yıldız Tilbe
• Sibel Tüzün
• Semiha Yankı
• Gönül Yazar
• Hande Yener
• Aşkın Nur Yengi
• Neşe Zara Yılmaz (aka Zara)
• Nilüfer Yumlu (aka Nilüfer)
• Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu (aka Şenay)

Group

• Balık Sisters (Didem and Sinem)
• Cici Kızlar

Gallery

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  Hadise Açıkgöz

• Demet Akalın1.jpg

  Demet Akalın

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  Sezen Aksu

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  Ayla Algan

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  Sertab Erener

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  Verda Erman

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  Leyla Gencer

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  Işın Karaca

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  Nil Karibrahimgil

• Ajda Pekkan 01.jpg

  Ajda Pekkan

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  Emel Sayın

See also

• Music of Turkey