Ayten Alpman (10 October 1929 – 20 April 2012) was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song "Memleketim" ("My Country") during the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation.
Her most notable songs include, "Sensiz Olmam", "Yanımda Olsa", and "Ben Varım".
[1] Alpman married jazz pianist and composer İlham Gencer in 1953, with whom she had two children.
[2] She was buried on Sunday 22 April 2012, in a funeral attended by her family and friends in Istanbul's Ulus Cemetery following afternoon prayers in the Teşvikiye Mosque.
[1] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan released a message stating that "Alpman's songs will be remembered forever".