Güler Duman

Güler Duman (born 30 June 1967) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, TV host and music teacher.

Originally from Erzurum, Güler Duman took part as the youngest person in the choir established by Ruhi Su while she was going to primary school.

[3] In 1987, she entered Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory, vocal education department.

The artist, who was chosen as the cultural ambassador by the German Ministry of Culture in 2008, gives seminars on Turkish folk music and Turkish rhythms and world rhythms he is researching in many countries of the world, especially in Germany, and shares his knowledge with music lovers.

Güler Duman, who wrote her own lyrics and composed her own compositions, became one of the best-selling names in Turkish folk music with close to 10 million album sales in Turkey and Europe.

Duman started to play and sing Turkish folk music pieces at a young age.

She continued to put a lot of work on her education here and started playing baglama at an advanced age when she was a child.

She had the chance to meet the masters of Turkish folk music who came to visit the choir she took part in when she was in secondary school.

The album suddenly attracted great attention and reached a high sales figure.

In 1982, she made a name for herself in the art world with the work she voiced in the movie titled A Season in Hakkari, directed by Erden Kıral and starring Genco Erkal.

[5] She graduated from high school in 1984 and at the end of the same year she released her album Seher Yeli.

Featuring songs by artists such as Nesimi Çimen, Neşet Ertaş, İhsan Öztürk, Nadir Şener and Yüksel Yıldız the album became one of the best-selling albums of the period with a sales figure of one million.

[9] In 1987, she released her sixth album, named Nazlı Yara Küskünüm, with the Diyar Müzik label.

In 1988, she released her albums called Kulluk Benim Olsun Sultanlık Senin and Ya Dost.

The recordings of the folk concerts she gave in 1988–89 with Gül Sorgun, Sabahat Akkiraz, Gülcihan Koç, Mutlu Güler and Deste Günaydın were released on January 15, 1990, as an album called Büyük Halk Konseri / Deyişlerimizle Merhaba.

She released the first album of the series with Zafer Gündoğdu on December 18, 1990, under the name of Sazımızla Sözümüzle 1.

Güler Duman, who wanted to join the TRT artists during this period, had to settle first in the United States and then in Germany due to her mother's serious illness.

Güler Duman, who had to settle in Germany due to the long treatment process, took a break from her career for a while after the sudden death of her mother.

[16] The song "Türkülerle Gömün Beni", whose lyrics and music belongs to Derdiyok Ali, was first released from the album.

In the summer of the same year, he released an album called Nostalji 1, which includes the songs he sang in the 80s.

Güler Duman became one of the most successful names of Turkish folk music by producing great works and frequently talked about in the 1990s.

[23] After the release of your project, which was published under the label of Duygu Music, Musa Eroğlu and Güler Duman often gave concerts together and were guests on television programs.

Fifteen years after the release of the album, the duo organized a concert series with the Yediveren Orchestra called Sazımızla Sözümüzle (2019-2022).

[24] In the same year, she sang the song "Şu Yalan Dünyaya" in the compilation album Pir Sultan Abdal Dostları, which included many artists.

She sang the long air called "Yastadır Ey Deli Gönül" in the movie The White Angel (2007), written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül.

[27] Güler Duman wanted to make an album specifically for the thirtieth year of her career.

On January 19, 2012, the album's first disc, which was released under the name of Yüreğimden Yüreğinize (Sesime Ses Katanlara Selam Olsun), included the songs she sang throughout her career.

The song was accompanied by artists such as Zara, Orhan Ölmez, Sevcan Orhan and Kubat, and images of Turkish folk music artists and great bards from past to present were featured in the clip of the piece.

[28] Between September 5, 2013, and February 4, 2014, she prepared a program called Türküler Dile Geldi on TRT Müzik channel.

Güler Duman settled in Germany in 1993 due to her mother's illness and started living there.