Müslüm Gürses

Person · Open Library

Works

3

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Film & TV

Halfeti, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye

From 1967 on, he performed live türkü, Turkish folk songs, regularly on Saturdays within the state-owned radio station of TRT Adana-Çukurova. His debut record single "Emmioğlu/Ovada Taşa Basma" was released in 1968. The next year in 1969, he already landed a hit record titled "Sevda Yüklü Kervanlar/Vurma Güzel Vurma" released by Palandöken Records in Istanbul, which sold 300,000 copies After…

Known for

• Şov Bizinıs — Hüseyin2011
• Esrarlı Gözler2008
• Amerikalılar Karadeniz'de 2 — Ecmel2007
• Balans ve Manevra — Müslüm2005
• Where's Firuze? — Special Guest Star2004
• Ömerçip2003
• İki Kere Kiki2001
• Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Nominee1995
• Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Performer1995
• Bir Sessiz Adam1995

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Türkiye

Active from

1953-05-07

Active to

2013-03-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

86,700

Total plays

3,314,455

Müslüm Gürses (real name Müslüm Akbaş) is a Turkish folk singer born in 7th May, 1953 and died on 3rd March, 2013. He mostly sings Turkish folk and Ottoman classical music, with an arabesque style. His talent and his special style have put him to a different place among other folk singers. In his songs he mostly expresses sorrow and painful feelings. He is considered a cult figure in Turkish folk music and has a very dedicated group of fans, most of whom being young, low-income urban people. <a

via Last.fm · Müslüm Gürses

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Turkey

Place of birth

Halfeti

Place of death

Istanbul

Spouse

Muhterem Nur

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

Turkish

Native language

Turkish

Religion

Islam

Genre

Turkish folk music

Instrument

voice

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