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Kayahan
Sign in to saveKayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".
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Kayahan Açar was a Turkish singer, singer-songwriter, and record producer born in İzmir in 1949. He performed pop music and played the guitar and voice. His career began in 1975, and he was affiliated with Universal Music Group. He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.
Kayahan died in Istanbul in 2015 from lung cancer. He was a Muslim who spoke Turkish. He is also known by the name Metin Kayahan Özgül. His works include Yenişehirli Avnı̂, Resmin gölgesi şiire düştü, Son asır Türk şairleri, Paşabey-zâde Ömer Âli Bey, and Leskofçalı Galip hayatı ve eserleri.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Yenişehirli Avnı̂
- Resmin gölgesi şiire düştü
- Son asır Türk şairleri
- Paşabey-zâde Ömer Âli Bey
- Leskofçalı Galip hayatı ve eserleri
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1949
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 51,047
- Total plays
- 555,206
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Kayahan Açar, stage name Kayahan, (born in March 29, 1949 in Izmir, Turkey, died April 3, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish pop singer-songwriter, one of the consistently best-selling musicians in Turkey. He wrote all of his own material and released more than thirteen best-selling albums during a career spanning 40 years. Kayahan was born in Izmir, on March 29th, 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Kayahan
- Musical artist.image
- Kayahan.jpg
- Musical artist.image_size
- 200
- Musical artist.caption
- Kayahan in his yacht at Bodrum in 1997
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Kayahan Açar
- Musical artist.birth_place
- İzmir, Turkey
- Musical artist.death_place
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Musical artist.genre
- Pop, Pop-Rock, Spoken word, Ethnic, Folk, Indie
- Musical artist.occupation
- Guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer
- Musical artist.instrument
- Guitar
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1975–2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.kayahan.info
- Image
- Kayahan.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1949-03-29
- date of death
- 2015-04-03
- Commons category
- Kayahan Açar
- birth name
- Kayahan Açar
- different from
- Kayahan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- social media followers
- 309000
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Early years
- Career
- Personal life
- Illness and death
- Tribute
- Albums
- See also
- References
- External links
Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".
==Early years== Kayahan Açar was born in İzmir, Turkey on 29 March 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul.
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