Tarkan

thumb|200px|Tarkan in Vienna with fans from Hungary; 23 June, 2006. Tarkan Tevetoğlu (born October 17, 1972), more commonly known as Tarkan, is a German born Turkish songwriter, singer and performer. He is one of the biggest pop stars in Turkey; and often regarded as the greatest and most popular Turkish singer of the past decade. Quotes It feels wild, you know, because in the beginning I never thought it was going to really happen. It's all in Turkish, you know, and nobody understands a word. But I think it's a groove. It's the kisses that are universal. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9908/09/tarkan.wb/index.html Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders CNN Worldbeat August 9 1999 About his hit single Şımarık I was raised in Germany until I was 13, and then my family decided to go back to Turkey. It was good in a way, because I studied music. And I went to a Turkish classical music school and studied music for three years. And then I just realized that I can't do anything else but singing music. And everything just happened naturally. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9908/09/tarkan.wb/index.html Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders CNN Worldbeat August 9 1999 My fans -- when I see them somewhere, outside my concerts -- I get that, that vibe. They're really supporting my projects and everything, because it's a first time that a Turkish singer is, you know, able to express himself out of Turkey. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9908/09/tarkan.wb/index.html Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders CNN Worldbeat August 9 1999 He was my mentor in a way -- as a musician and as a businessman. He came to Turkey once and saw me on stage performing, and then he came up to me and said, "You've got to call me." I said, I would love to. And that was the first thing I did when I came to New York. Then we did an agreement, a deal, with him for the English albums. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9908/09/tarkan.wb/index.html Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders CNN Worldbeat August 9 1999 About Ahmet Ertegün It was January and snowing like crazy. It was tough; the food was terrible. Eighteen months of my life for nothing? I thought my own dreams were more important. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41014-2001Nov16&notFound=true Pop Music's Young Turk Washington Post November 18 2001 https://archive.is/v9Jw 2012-12-09 About his military service It gets worse and worse. I love it, but I have no life. People grab me and kiss me. I like that, but it can be overwhelming. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41014-2001Nov16&notFound=true Pop Music's Young Turk Washington Post November 18 2001 https://archive.is/v9Jw 2012-12-09 I don't care what people think. This is my life. I know who I am. I stood up for my rights and my life. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41014-2001Nov16&notFound=true Pop Music's Young Turk Washington Post November 18 2001 https://archive.is/v9Jw 2012-12-09 Çişim var, ağabey Translation: I gotta pee, man. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41014-2001Nov16&notFound=true Pop Music's Young Turk Washington Post November 18 2001 https://archive.is/v9Jw 2012-12-09 Dancing and singing were always like games to me. I sang constantly. http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/05/q.html Tarkan Q & A Tarkan Translations April 10 2003 I had always dreamed of being involved in a job where I could do anything related to animals and nature. A vet maybe. But later I came to understand that it was just a temporary interest and that music was more important to me. http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/05/q.html Tarkan Q & A Tarkan Translations April 10 2003 Moving to Turkey was the turning point in my life. http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/05/q.html Tarkan Q & A Tarkan Translations April 10 2003 We need to know ourselves better so that we can realize what we really want in our life. I think that the first condition for a person to be in a successful relationship is to be happy with the person he or she is, in other words to love themselves. http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/05/q.html Tarkan Q & A Tarkan Translations April 10 2003 I think that my music is very unique and connects both worlds. That's the reason why I named my album Come Closer. I believe in cultural sharing, in the idea of we-belong-altogether. In my opinion, music should have no borders and we should all try to come closer. http://www.tarkan-music.de/_en/_content/news.php?offset=10 The wait is at an end! Tarkan.com March 13 2006 External links Tarkan (singer) Tarkan.com 0850463 Tarkan Tarkan Tevetoğlu (Tarkan Lyric TR) Category:Pop singers Category:Songwriters Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Singers from Turkey Category:Musicians from Turkey