Murat Dalkılıç

Biography

Sırrı Murat Dalkılıç (born 7 August 1983) is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter, music producer, film and animation producer, director and actor.

Career

Murat Dalkılıç was born in İzmir and lived in Kuşadası. He studied piano at the age of 15 and founded his first music group. At a young age, he was also interested in basketball, athleticism, swimming enrolling in Kuşadası Spor Basketball team where he played professionally at age 17 and had to put his music career on hold. He won the medals in Grand Atatürk Run and swimming contest.
He studied at acting department of Beykent University. After graduation, he enrolled in the Master program in Bilgi University specializing in acting in Cinema-Television. He also had international film, music and animation company "Gig Production". Onur Can Çaylı who worked in Game of Thrones, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, joined this company. Murat Dalkılıç is also director of film "Ustalar Alemi" and short film "19 Mayıs 100. yıl" .
He played in Dünya Hali, Bizans Oyunları, Sil Baştan, Mazlum Kuzey.
In December 2020, he appeared as a guest in an episode of the TV series Menajerimi Ara.

Music

His first single "Kasaba×Kasaba20 December 2008 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracks1Kasaba4:002Bize Gidelim Beyler3:353Sensiz Olmaz5:264Kal Diyemem4:415Kasaba (sokak remix)4:456Bize Gidelim Beyler (gaz remix)3:537Kal Diyemem (trafik remix)4:29" (meaning "town") written by Soner Sarıkabadayı and music composed by Tolga Kılıç was released in October 2008 by Dokuz Sekiz Müzik label gained popularity after being picked by Turkish radio stations. Soon a music video followed that was launched in December 2008. The video featured Dalkılıç' friend Murat Boz. The single reached No.1 on the Türkçe Top 20 chart and stayed at the top of the Turkish charts for a total of seven weeks. He released EP "Kasaba" including his own song and a cover song. He was signed in 2009 to "Sony Music Entertainment", recording three albums.
His first album "Merhaba×Merhaba4 June 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Külah2Dönmem3Sarhoş Yakamoz4Merhaba Merhaba5İmza6Çatlat7Kıyamadım İkimize8Haliyle9Pardon10La Fontaine11Merhaba Merhaba (alaturka)12Dönmem (club mix)" released on 4 June 2010. Music clips of songs "La Fontaine", "Külah", "Kıyamadım İkimize", "Merhaba Merhaba", "Dönmem" ve "Çatlat" in the album were released.
His second album had three other singles: "Kader", "Bi Hayli" and "Lüzumsuz Savaş", which topped the charts in 2012. His 2012 single "Bir Güzellik Yap×Bir Güzellik Yap15 May 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Teslim Oldum2Bir Güzellik Yap3Yalancısın4Lüzumsuz Savaş5Bir Hayli6Yudum Yudum7Yalan Dünya8Neyleyim İstanbul'u?9Kader10Canına Yandığım11Yudum Yudum (Ora & Ventus versiyon)" in same album also topped the Türkçe Top 20.
"İki Yol", "Yani" and "Leyla" were the other singles of the third album. His 2014 single "Derine" also topped the charts. The music video was 9 minutes with a lot of actions and his partner was Özge Özpirincci who is a Turkish famous actress.
He wrote the lyrics of "Kırk Yılda Bir Gibisin" song which was featured on Emrah Karaduman's album. He composed "Ben Kalp Sen" for the series Aşk Yeniden. He is composer of "Fırça" and co-composer of "Şahaneyim" which was performed by Zeynep Bastık. His fourth album Epik was released in 2016 and its first music video "Ben Bilmem" was filmed by Bedran Güzel. His fifth album "Afeta×Afeta22 November 2019 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Kim Kafa Tutabilmiş Aşka3:222Müjgan3:423Afeta3:294Hasret Geceleri4:215Mütemadiyen3:096Sayın Abiler3:037Yabancı3:008Mesela2:499Haybeye Taksirat3:2410Yabancı (Remix)3:2511Son Liman2:52" was released in 2019.

Personal life

From 2015 to 2017, Dalkılıç was married to actress Merve Boluğur. From 2017 to mid-2020, he was in a relationship with actress Hande Erçel. In 2022, he was in a relationship with actress Sitare Akbas; the two split after eight months of dating.

Director

Ustalar Alemi
19 Mayıs 100. yıl (short film)