Merhaba

I´m not sure if I should post this here, or in the language section, so forgive me if I chose the wrong subforum for this (moderators, please move if needed?)

My experience is that listening to music is a good way and fun to get familiar with the sounds and words in a language.Our local library has a great archive of Turkish music, but it´s waaaay to much for me to know where to start looking. I´m sad to say my current knowledge of Turkish singers doesn´t reach much further than Tarkan .

So now I´m looking for a list of [well known/popular] Turkish artists, of which people think they are worth listening to. Preferably those who sing in a clear voice/not too difficult lyrics.. It would also be a great way for e to get to know more about the Turkish music culture .

I listen to almost any type of music, from traditional to popular, disco to rock, Jazz to rap, so anything goes, as long as the artist produces good work.

Does anyone have some suggestions for me? I would really appreciate it.

Çok teşekkürler,

Moi!

you can try here http://www.tac.az/

Serdar is great. He has a clear voice. the lyrics of some of his songs might be rathr difficult, I learned a lot from his songs.

Kutsi , Emir, Mustafa Sandal all are fine to listen and learn too

Listen Sıla, she really sings very good and uses Turkish wonderful.

I agree with you, listening to music is a great way to learn a language. I just posted in this thread a few days ago...there have been a lot of translations of Turkish songs too. You should look in the Turkish music section for more.

yes listening songs is agreat way to learn language

 I agree..Serdar and Musti are GREAT,  I love them

I would recommend Sezen Aksu , Yeni Turku, Nilufer, Fikret Kizilok, Bulent Ortacgil..

Ah but if you insist to listen to music from semi arabesque  singers such as Rafet el roman, Serdar Ortac etc, I would recommend go into the real ones like Umit besen, Ferdi Ozbegen, Ferdi Tayfur etc..

Wow!.. Thank you all for all the names and Links! This makes me so happy! yay!

It was much more than I could have hoped for! I´ll digg into it and try and get as many of these artists as posible!

Looking forward to all this music!

Thanks again!

Moi!

definitely i would recommend sertab erener.im really suprized that nobody had recommended her.her voice,songs and meanings in her songs are amazing.absolutely you should listen.she is also world-famous star and has english songs.i wish you´ll have fun with sertab songs