Tarkan

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.

Tarkan in Vienna with fans from Hungary; 23 June, 2006.

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.
  • Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders. CNN Worldbeat. Retrieved on 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.
  • Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders. CNN Worldbeat. Retrieved on 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.
  • Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders. CNN Worldbeat. Retrieved on 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.
  • Tarkan finds his moves take him across borders. CNN Worldbeat. Retrieved on 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.
  • Pop Music's Young Turk. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved on November 18, 2001.
  • 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.
  • Pop Music's Young Turk. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved on November 18, 2001.

• 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.
  • Pop Music's Young Turk. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved on November 18, 2001.

• Çişim var, ağabey
  • Translation: I gotta pee, man.
  • Pop Music's Young Turk. Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved on November 18, 2001.

• Dancing and singing were always like games to me. I sang constantly.
  • Tarkan Q & A. Tarkan Translations. Retrieved on 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.
  • Tarkan Q & A. Tarkan Translations. Retrieved on April 10, 2003.

• Moving to Turkey was the turning point in my life.
  • Tarkan Q & A. Tarkan Translations. Retrieved on 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.
  • Tarkan Q & A. Tarkan Translations. Retrieved on 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.
  • The wait is at an end!. Tarkan.com. Retrieved on March 13, 2006.

External links

• Tarkan.com
• Tarkan on IMDb
• Tarkan Tevetoğlu (Tarkan Lyric TR)