‎Karma by Tarkan on Apple Music

12 Songs, 49 Minutes

EDITORS’ NOTES

By the time the Turkish singer Tarkan released Karma, he wasn’t just a star but an ambassador: One song here (“Taş”) morphed into the anthem for the Turkish national soccer team on their entry into 2002’s World Cup; another (“Hüp”) was used in promotional videos by the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Musically, Tarkan was moving further into the melting pot, embracing the compact slickness of club-pop (“Kuzu Kuzu”), techno (“Uzak”), and even Latin music (“Her Nerdeysen,” “Sen Başkasın”) while still retaining a distinctly Middle Eastern character.

EDITORS’ NOTES

	TITLE		TIME
	Aşk		4:22
	Ay		4:20
	Kuzu Kuzu		3:53
	Gitti Gideli		4:42
	Uzak		4:56
	Yandım		3:12
	O'na Sor		3:23
	Hüp		3:39
	Sen Başkasın		4:16
	Taş		4:24
	Her Nerdeysen		3:30
	Verme		4:56

About Tarkan

A superstar in Europe and in his homeland of Turkey, dance-pop composer Tarkan mixes modern beats with Middle Eastern melodies and arrangements. Though he had been a fixture in the Turkish dance scene for a few years, his 1999 single "Simarik" made him an overnight success in European clubs and led to a wider release of his self-titled album from that year. Tarkan included songs from his two previous Turkey-only releases and repeated the success of the single; in mid-2000, it was released in the U.S. by Universal Music Latino. ~ Heather Phares

HOMETOWN: Alzey, Germany
GENRE: Pop
BORN: October 17, 1972