Ayşegül Aldinç

Turkish singer and actress

Ayşegül Aldinç
Born	(1957-09-28) 28 September 1957 (age 66) Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop, schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1978–present
Labels	EMI, 1 Numara, Kent, Şan, Tempa&Foneks, Kiss, DMC

Musical artist

Ayşegül Aldinç (Turkish pronunciation: [aːjʃeˈɟyl alˈdintʃ]; born 28 September 1957) is a Turkish singer and actress.

Life and career

She is the daughter of journalist and sports writer Orhan Aldinç and painting teacher Süheyla Aldinç. Growing in Cihangir, Due to the works of her mother, she completed her secondary education at the schools in Taksim, Kocamustafapaşa and Feriköy districts. She finished her high school at the Sultanahmet Art School. She finished her studies at Tatbiki Fine Arts Academy Ceramic Department (now called Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Ceramics Department). Shortly after her graduation, she worked as an artist at Anafartalar Middle School, and then as a music teacher at Akaretler Middle School in Istanbul.^[1]

Aldinç later went to Ankara and participated in the Eurovision's primary competitions on TRT at that time and qualified to represent Turkey. She performed with the Modern Folk Trio at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in Dublin. Their song, "Dönme Dolap" (The carousel), earned the eighteenth place. Aldinç, who worked as a designer for six years in Yıldız Porcelain Factory, started to perform in the casinos in 1985.^[2] Her first solo album was released in 1988 with the support of Aysel Gürel, Timur Selçuk and Barış Manço. With the song "Kara Sevda" she became famous in Turkey's music market.^[3] Since then, she has released six studio albums. She has also acted in many theatrical productions (her debut being in the 1987 movie Katırcılar), and also in many Turkish miniseries and soap operas (three for TRT, three for ATV Turkey, two for Star TV, and one for Kanal D). In Turkey, she is equally recognized for her singing and acting roles.

Personal life

In 1979, she married Mehmet Teoman, and got divorced after a few months.^[4]

Discography

45rpms and Singles

"Hastane – Yorgun ve Mutlu" (1978) (ft. Mehmet Teoman)
"Dönme Dolap – Miras" (1981) (ft. Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Coşkun Demir)
"O Kız" (2010)
"Li Lal Lal La La" (2011)
"Bir Tek Gördüğüm" (2015)

Albums

...Ve Ayşegül Aldinç (1988)
Benden Söylemesi (1991)
Alev Alev (1993)
Söze Ne Hacet (1996)
Nefes (2000)
Sek'iz (2016)

Filmography

Movies

Katırcılar (1987, Dir: Şerif Gören)
Yağmur Kaçakları (1987, Dir: Yavuz Özkan)
Kara Sevda (1989, Dir: Samim Değer)
Yeşil Bir Dünya (1990, Dir: Faruk Turgut)
Ağrı’ya Dönüş (1993, Dir: Tunca Yönder)
Gerilla (1994, Dir: Osman Sınav)
Deniz Bekliyordu (1996, Dir: Suna Kural Aytuna)
Kahpe Bizans (2000, Dir: Gani Müjde – Tolgay Ziyal)
Güle Güle (2000, Dir: Zeki Ökten)
Hayal Kurma Oyunları (2000, Dir: Yavuz Özkan)

TV series

Acımak (1985, TRT, Dir: Orhan Aksoy)
Taşların Sırrı (1992, Star TV, Dir: Yusuf Kurçenli)
Yorgun Savaşçı (1993, Dir: Tunca Yönder)
Aziz Ahmet (1994, ATV, Dir: Orhan Oğuz)
Aşk ve Gurur (2002, Star TV, Dir: Aydın Bulut)
Efsane (2002, Star TV, Dir: Tamer İpek)
Ablam Böyle İstedi (2003, TRT, Dir: Nurtaç Erimer)
Sultan Makamı (2003, Kanal D, Dir: Aydın Bulut)
Son Yaprak (2004, TRT, Dir: Alparsan Bozkurt)
Misi (2005, ATV, Dir: Taner Akvardar)
Pis Yedili (2011, Show TV, Dir: Haluk Bener)

References

^ "Bu devrin kadını değilim". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Spikerlik için gitti Eurovision'a katıldı". Posta. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Barış Manço bana acayip sinirlendi". Posta. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "İmzasız evlilikler". Hürriyet Daily News. 16 November 1999. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

External links

Official website (in Turkish)
Ayşegül Aldinç at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ajda Pekkan with "Pet'r Oil"	Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981	Succeeded by Neco with "Hani?"

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

Artists

~~21. Peron~~
Çetin Alp
Athena
Pınar Ayhan
Burak Aydos
Ayşegül
Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
Can Bonomo
İzel Çeliköz
Kenan Doğulu
Arzu Ece
Sertab Erener
~~Maria Rita Epik~~
Grup Etnik
Gülseren
Hadise
Reyhan Karaca
Kayahan
Klips ve Onlar
Lokomotif
Manga
MFÖ
Grup Mistik
Modern Folk Trio
Mor ve Ötesi
Nazar
Neco
Nilüfer
Tuba Önal
Şebnem Paker
Pan
Ajda Pekkan
The Short Waves
The S.O.S.
Seyyal Taner
Tüzmen
Sibel Tüzün
Can Uğurluer
Aylin Vatankoş
Semiha Yankı
Sedat Yüce
Yüksek Sadakat

Songs

"Bana Bana"
"Beşinci Mevsim"
"Deli"
"Didai Didai Dai"
"Dinle"
"Dön Artık"
"Dönme Dolap"
"Düm Tek Tek"
"Esmer Yarim"
"Everyway That I Can"
"For Real"
"Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
"Halay"
"Halley"
"Hani?"
"İki Dakika"
"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
"Live It Up"
"Love Me Back"
"Opera"
"Pet'r Oil"
"Rimi Rimi Ley"
"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
"Seninle Bir Dakika"
"Sev"
"Sevgiliye Son"
"Sevince"
~~"Seviyorum"~~
"Shake It Up Şekerim"
"Sufi"
"Süper Star"
"Unutamazsın"
"We Could Be the Same"
"Yaz Bitti"
"Yorgunum Anla"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Bacchelli Marty Brem Bucks Fizz Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach Yiannis Dimitras Jean Gabilou Habibi Island Finn Kalvik Seid Memić Vajta Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Jean-Claude Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Björn Skifs Riki Sorsa Emly Starr Lena Valaitis Linda Williams
Songs	"Aldri i livet" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Dönme Dolap" "Fångad i en dröm" "Feggari kalokerino" "Halayla" "Het is een wonder" "Horoscopes" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Johnny Blue" "Krøller eller ej" "Lejla" "Making Your Mind Up" "Monika" "Playback" "Reggae OK" "Samson" "Wenn du da bist" "Y sólo tú"