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Zeki Müren

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Zeki Müren

Birth
Bursa, Türkiye
Death
24 Sep 1996 (aged 64)
İzmir, Türkiye
Burial
Bursa, Yıldırım İlçesi, Bursa, Türkiye Add to Map
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Turkish singer and musician. He was born and grew up in Bursa. From 1950 to 1953 he studied Decorative Arts in Istanbul at the Fine Arts Academy. Zeki Muren's first album was issued in 1951 when he was a singer on Istanbul Radio.
Later he moved on to Turkish cinema starring in eighteen films and writing many of the musical scores. Zeki Muren also published Bildircin Yagmuru in 1951. He composed more than one hundred songs and made more than two hundred recordings in his forty-five-year professional career. In 1955 he produced his first "Gold Record", and for many subsequent years he reigned as "Artist of the Year".
He died on stage in Izmir on 24 September 1996.


Turkish singer and musician. He was born and grew up in Bursa. From 1950 to 1953 he studied Decorative Arts in Istanbul at the Fine Arts Academy. Zeki Muren's first album was issued in 1951 when he was a singer on Istanbul Radio.
Later he moved on to Turkish cinema starring in eighteen films and writing many of the musical scores. Zeki Muren also published Bildircin Yagmuru in 1951. He composed more than one hundred songs and made more than two hundred recordings in his forty-five-year professional career. In 1955 he produced his first "Gold Record", and for many subsequent years he reigned as "Artist of the Year".
He died on stage in Izmir on 24 September 1996.



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