27 Facts About Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer.

Sezen Aksu is one of the most successful Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

Sezen Aksu's nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and "Minik Serce".

Sezen Aksu's family moved to Bergama when she was three years old and she spent her childhood and early youth there.

Sezen Aksu's parents discouraged her singing because they wanted her to have a steady profession as a doctor or engineer.

Sezen Aksu used to wait until they left the house and sing on the family's balcony.

Sezen Aksu's sound has spread across the Balkans and Greece.

Sezen Aksu has toured in Europe and the USto critical appraise.

Sezen Aksu has championed a variety of causes, including support for constitutional reform, minority rights, women's rights, the environment, and educational reform in Turkey.

Sezen Aksu has been married and divorced four times, but kept the name from her second marriage to Ali Engin Sezen Aksu, a doctor of geology who currently resides in Canada.

Sezen Aksu has a son with Sinan Ozer, named Mithat Can, who is a lead vocalist of Pist'on band.

In 1976, Sezen Aksu won the "Promising Female Artist of the Year" award.

Sezen Aksu finally decided to represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest in the mid-70s.

Sezen Aksu's music matured in the 90's, when she co-produced her best selling album to-date Gulumse with Tunc.

Sezen Aksu was to repeat her success as a teacher with artists Sertab Erener and Levent Yuksel.

Sezen Aksu began to use experimental sounds and was pushing Turkish pop into the future.

In 2010, Sezen Aksu was on the "50 Great Sounds" list set by the American NPR radio.

In 2011, Sezen Aksu bean producing music again and released the studio album Optum.

In January 2022, Sezen Aksu was criticized by conservaties and religious figures for calling Adam and Eve ignorant in the song "Ne Sahane Bir Sey Yasamak".

Sezen Aksu revealed the lyrics to a new song she written the day before.

Sezen Aksu is known for her sensitivity to social problems and events.

Sezen Aksu is keen to fight against issues such as misogyny, illiteracy, discrimination, bullying and homophobia.

In 2002, alongside Ajda Pekkan and Seyyal Taner, Sezen Aksu was named as one of the gay icons admired by the Turkish LGBT people in the book Escinsel Erkekler by Murat Hocaoglu.

Sezen Aksu is praised by the LGBT community in Turkey and publicly assists and supports LGBT people through charity work.

In 2013, Sezen Aksu performed with transsexual actress Ayta Sozeri on stage, and later a huge rainbow flag symbolizing the LGBT movement was waved in the air, the first time that a Turkish artist had publicly shown support for LGBT on stage.

Sezen Aksu married Hasan Yuksektepe at a young age, and the two got divorced shortly afterwards.

On 10 July 1981, Sezen Aksu married Sinan Ozer while being pregnant with their child.