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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Tarkan Tüzmen
Person · male · Turkey · Ankara · born 1968 · recording since 1998
Turkish actor and singer (born 1968)
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Also known as Tarkan Tüzmen · 塔坎·圖茲門
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Unutamazsın
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography153 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371012803
Biography
Tarkan Tüzmen (born 7 March 1968), known professionally as Tüzmen, is a Turkish singer and actor, known for being a representative for Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, and being the brother of former minister for Turkey Kürşad Tüzmen.
Professional career
Tüzmen attempted to represent his home country of Turkey three times: Once in 1996 with the songs "Bilirsin ya", which did not receive a rank, and Var mısın söyle, a duo with Pınar Ayhan, then Pınar Karakoç, and came in second. The second time was in 1997 in a duo with Elçin Engin, called Şarkı, and did not receive a rank again. The third and final time was in 1998 with the song "UnutamazsınUnutamazsınSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Unutamazsın2You Can Not Forget3Unutamazsın (instrumental)", and won the national final. He went to the contest in Birmingham and came in 14th place with 25 points.
He started his acting career since 2005 by portraying Alper in the TV show, Valley of the Wolves: Ambush.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups)
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | UnutamazsınSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks1Unutamazsın 2You Can Not Forget 3Unutamazsın (instrumental) | 1998 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tarkan Tüzmen head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ccd0e093-fa92-4af6-abe5-c6bced0918cadiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ccd0e093-fa92-4af6-abe5-c6bced0918cacore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394354genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394354seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmenbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkan_T%C3%BCzmen
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Turkish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q2394354 · MusicBrainz: ccd0e093-fa92-4af6-abe5-c6bced0918ca
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