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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Zeki Müren ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 6 December 1931<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art"<ref name="HABERTÜRK"/> and "Pasha",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State Artist" in 1991.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was the first singer to receive a gold certification in Turkey and throughout his career recorded and released hundreds of songs on cassettes and phonograph records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

LifeEdit

Childhood and educationEdit

Müren was born in the Hisar district of Bursa, at the wooden house number 30 on Ortapazar Road<ref name="HABERTÜRK">Template:Cite news</ref> as the only child of Kaya and Hayriye Müren.<ref name="HABERTÜRK"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His father was a timber merchant.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş">"Batmayan Güneş Zeki Müren" documentary. Publisher: Kürşat Özkök. TRT. Release date: 10–12 September 1996.</ref>

Müren went to the Bursa Osmangazi School (later Tophane School and Alkıncı School). When he was at school, his musical ability was discovered by his teachers and he started to have a prominent role at school musicals. His first ever role was the character of a shepherd in one of these musicals.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/>

He finished his secondary school in Bursa and then asked his father to let him go to Istanbul. There he attended the Istanbul Boğaziçi High School. He finished the school and ended up as the number-one student.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/> After passing his exams, he was enrolled at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts (now Mimar Sinan University) where he studied decorative arts from 1950 to 1953.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/>

Music careerEdit

File:Atatürk Boulevard, Grand Movie Theater and the Office Block, 1950s (16666319379).jpg
On 19 November 1953, Zeki Müren gave his first concert at the Great Cinema in Atatürk Boulevard

In 1950, while he was a university student, he took part at TRT Istanbul Radio's music competition and ranked number-one out of 186 contestants.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/> On 1 January 1951, he had his first live performance on Istanbul Radio, which was praised by critics. During this performance, he was accompanied by musicians Hakkı Derman, Serif İçli, Şükrü Tunar, Refik Fersan and Necdet Gezen. Hamiyet Yüceses subsequently called the program and congratulated him on his performance. In those years, TRT Ankara Radio was the most listened radio in Anatolia, and Istanbul Radio could not be heard clearly from all parts of Anatolia. At the same week, the clarinetist Şükrü Tunar, took Müren to his own recording studio in Yeşilköy and he recorded his song "Muhabbet Kuşu" on phonograph record. Thanks to this record, Müren became known all over Anatolia.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/>

After the success of his first live performance and his first record, Müren began to perform different songs on Turkish radios. His radio programs went on air for 15 years, most of which included live performances. Müren subsequently focused on giving concerts and recording new songs. He had his first live concert on 26 May 1955. He would usually wear his self-designed clothes on stage. He brought various innovations such as dressing uniforms and using T podium.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/>

Together with Behiye Aksoy, he performed at Maksim CasinoTemplate:Citation needed for 11 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1976, he became the first Turkish artist to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London.<ref>Template:Cite videoTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Throughout his career, Müren recorded 600 cassettes and phonograph records. His first song recorded on a phonograph was "Bir Muhabbet Kuşu" by Şükrü Tunar. With his song "Manolyam" in 1955, Müren became the first Turkish artist to receive a gold certification.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1991, he was chosen as a State Artist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other venturesEdit

In 1965, he published a poetry book called Bıldırcın Yağmuru (The Quail Rain), which contains nearly 100 poems.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/> Among the poems featured in this book are Pembe Yağmurlar (Pink Rains), Bursa Sokağı (Bursa Street), İkinci Sadık Dost, Çim Makası, Son Kavga (Last Fight), Bu Bestecikler Sana, Alınyazım, Kazancı Yokuşu and Kendimi Arıyorum.<ref>"Eserleri hakkında". Türkiye Newspaper. 26 September 1996.</ref>Zeki Müren started acting in the movie Beklenen Şarkı in 1953. After this movie, he acted in 18 more movies. In 1965, he played the leading role in the play Tea and Sempati, staged by Arena Theatre.

Personal lifeEdit

Zeki Müren never married. In the 1950s, with his special patterns of behavior, dressing and his performance on stage, he managed to keep people constantly interested in himself. In the early years of his career, he chose to wear ordinary clothes and hair styles, but later showed a favor for feminine-styled clothes, and performed with new hair styles and make-up. He never commented on his sexual orientation and occasionally his name appeared alongside that of women.<ref>Zeki Müren'e Sarıyer'de "çakma aşk" Aykut Işıklar. Sariyerhaber.com. Retrieved: 15 April 2012</ref> The general opinion was that he was gay.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><REF NAME="Shidfar2005">Shidfar, Farhad (2005). "Gay musicians in Turkey". International Forum of Psychoanalysis, vol. 14(3–4) 224–226, Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group</ref>

He was known to speak Turkish very clearly. Referred to as the "Pasha of Music", in 1969, after his Aspendos concert, for the first time, he started being favored by the people of Antalya. He explained that although he was delighted because of their support, he still did not know why he was that much favored.<ref>Yasemin Bozkurt röportajı, 1985 Youtube.com. Retrieved: 17 January 2012.</ref> He served as an assistant officer in Ankara Infantry School (6 months), Istanbul Harbiye Representative Office (6 months) and Çankırı (3 months) in 1957–1958.<ref name="Batmayan Güneş"/> With Onur Akay's suggestion on TRT Music, Müren's date of birth (6 December) has been celebrated as the Turkish Art Music Day since 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Illness and deathEdit

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One of the clothes exhibited at Zeki Müren Art Museum in Bodrum

During the last 6 years of his life, Müren was away from the scenes and the media due to heart disease and diabetes. He was retired at his house in Bodrum. He described this period as a time for "listening to oneself".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 24 September 1996, during the ceremony held for him at TRT İzmir Television, he had a heart attack and died. His funeral ceremony was attended by a large number of people. His body was taken to his birth place, Bursa, and buried in Emirsultan Cemetery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He left all his assets in his will to the Turkish Education Foundation and Mehmetçik Foundation.<ref name="Sabah-2006">Turkish Daily Sabah, Sanat Güneşi anılıyor, 6 December 2006. (In Turkish, last accessed 8 July 2007).</ref> TEV and Mehmetçik Foundation built Zeki Müren Fine Arts Anatolian High School in Bursa in 2002. In a statement on 24 September 2016, TEV Bursa branch president Mehmet Çalışkan said that the foundation had helped 2,631 students with the Zeki Müren Scholarship Fund over the last 20 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

After his death, the house in which the artist lived in Bodrum for the last years of his life was transformed into Zeki Müren Art Museum by the order of the Ministry of Culture and was opened to the public on 8 June 2000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was visited by more than 200 thousand people between its opening on 8 June 2000 and December 2006.<ref name="Sabah-2006"/>

In popular cultureEdit

On 6 December 2018, a Google Doodle was displayed to celebrate his 87th birthday.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DiscographyEdit

Studio albumsEdit

Albums published during his lifetime
Album list ve sales
Album Release date Sales Record company Notes
Zeki Müren 1969
Senede Bir Gün 1970
Pırlanta 1 1973 Emre Grafson Plak
Pırlanta 2 1973 Emre Grafson
Pırlanta 3 1973 Emre Grafson
Pırlanta 4 1973 Emre Grafson
Anılarım 1974 Emre Grafson
Güneşin Oğlu 1976 Odeon Plak
Mücevher 1977
Nazar Boncuğu 1978 Elenor Plak
Sükse 1979 Elenor Plak
Kahır Mektubu 1981 Türküola
Eskimeyen Dost 1982
Hayat Öpücüğü 1984 AJS
Aşk Kurbanı 1985
Masal 1985
Helal Olsun 1987
Gözlerin Doğuyor Gecelerime 1988 Yavuz&Burç
Ayrıldık İşte 1989 Yavuz&Burç
Zirvedeki Şarkılar 1989 Yavuz&Burç
Dilek Çeşmesi 1990 Yavuz&Burç
Sev Beni 1989 Türkola
Doruktaki Nağmeler 1991 Yavuz&Burç
Sorma 1992 Yavuz&Burç

SinglesEdit

Playlist with selected list positions, release year and album name
Single Year Format Notes
Hem Okudum Hem Yazdım 1951
Asmalar Kol Uzatmış 1951
Gönlümün Baharı Bir Gün Açacak 1953
Zehretme Hayatı 1955
Ruhumda Yine Aşk Bestesi Var 1955
Hasret Acısı 1957
Yiğidin Alnına Yazılan Gelir 1957
Karanlık Geceler Beklerim Yolunu 1957
Bende Hicran Yarasından 1958
Gözlerinin İçine Başka Hayal Girmesin 1958
Züğürt: Nem Alacak Felek Benim 1959
Zennobe 1960
Senden Ayrı Günlerimde 1962
Renk Almış İpek Saçların 1962
İki Damla Gözyaşı 1970
Hayat Kumarı / Mahpushane 1973 45s
Şarkıların Kaderi 1974 45s
Nasıl İçmem Arkadaşım 1977 45s
Kandil / Mutluluğun Sırrı 1986 45s
Madem Derdimi Sordun Dinlemeye Mecbursun 1987
Aşk Kurbanı 1998 45s Published posthumously
Yemen Türküsü 2016 Published posthumously
Biz Ayrılamayız 2018 Published posthumously
Günah Defteri / Hasret Ateşi 2018 45s Published posthumously
Su Akar Şırıl Şırıl 2018 Published posthumously
Sus Kalbim Sus 2018 Published posthumously
Canım Benim Gülüm Benim 2018 Published posthumously
The phrase "45s" indicates that the singles were published as vinyl records.

Compilation albumsEdit

Playlist with selected list positions, release year and album name
Album Year Format Notes
Template:Ill 1992
Batmayan Güneş 2006
Taş Plak Klasikleri 2019

Albums released abroadEdit

Playlist with selected list positions, release year and album name
Album Year Records Notes
The Best of Zeki Müren Love Songs Folk Songs Popular Songs of İstanbul 1964 Balkan Records
The Golden Voice of Zeki Müren 1964 Balkan Records
Latest Hits of Zeki Müren 1964 Balkan Records
The Golden Voice Zeki Müren 1964 Balkan Records
Zeki Müren Altın Sesli The Golden Voice 1964 Balkan Records

Duo albumsEdit

Playlist with selected list positions, release year and album name
Album Year Format Notes
Template:Ill 1998 He sang with Muazzez Abacı.

Albums released posthumouslyEdit

In addition to these, there are 12 other albums attributed to Zeki Müren published during 1968–1974 by Grafson Plak.

FilmographyEdit

International titles are given in parentheses.

Year Film Director Task Notes Source
Actor Music director Scriptwriter Soundtrack Role
1953 Beklenen Şarkı
(Awaited Song) 		Orhon Murat Arıburnu, Sami Ayanoğlu, Cahide Sonku Template:Yes Zeki His only movie with Cahide Sonku. citation CitationClass=web

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1955 Son Beste
(The Last Musical Composition) 		Arşavir Alyanak Template:Yes Zeki Müren citation CitationClass=web

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1957 Berduş
(The Vagabond) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Template:Yes Bedri citation CitationClass=web

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1958 Altın Kafes
(Gilded Cage) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Template:Yes
1959 Kırık Plak
(The Broken Disk) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes Zeki Müren Work in the Credits: Zeki Müren is mentioned. The screenplay is Bülent Oran.
Gurbet
(Foreign Place) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Template:Yes
1962 Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır
(Sometimes Life Is Enjoyable) 		Nejat Saydam Template:Yes citation CitationClass=web

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1963 Aşk Hırsızı
(Love Thief) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Template:Yes Zeki
1963 Bahçevan
(The Gardener) 		Nejat Saydam Template:Yes Fındık Ali
1964 İstanbul Kaldırımları
(Pavements of Istanbul) 		Metin Erksan Template:Yes Template:Yes Zeki
1965 Hep O Şarkı
(Always That Song) 		Atıf Yılmaz Template:Yes Template:Yes
1966 Düğün Gecesi
(The Wedding Night) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes
1967 Hindistan Cevizi
(The Coconut) 		Osman F. Seden Template:Yes Zeki
1968 İstanbul'da Cümbüş Var
(There is a Revel in Istanbul) 		Sırrı Gültekin Template:Yes Zeki Müren citation CitationClass=web

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1968 Kâtip (Üsküdara Giderken)
(Kâtip) 		Ülkü Erakalın Template:Yes Katip
1969 İnleyen Nağmeler
(Howling Tunes) 		Safa Önal Template:Yes Template:Yes Zeki Müren
Kalbimin Sahibi
(Owner of my Heart) 		Safa Önal Template:Yes
1970 Aşktan da Üstün
(Fallen Out Of Love) 		Atıf Yılmaz Template:Yes Template:Yes Zeki
1971 Rüya Gibi
Like A Dream 		Lütfi Akad Template:Yes Zeki
1975 Deli Deli Tepeli
(Crazy Crazy Crested) 		Nejat Okçugil Template:Yes Zeki

OthersEdit

Clips he has appeared in or songs dedicated to him
Year Artist Song Album Notes
2002 Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Ayrılık Shamans citation CitationClass=web

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2006 Nil Karaibrahimgil Bu mudur? Tek Taşımı Kendim Aldım In his video, she included the scenes with Zeki Müren.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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