Born on 13 August 1948 in Samsun, Taşan graduated from the Management and Accounting Department of the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences.
The songs in question are “Kalp Kalbe Karşı Derler” (Heart Beats With Heart) (1984), “Aynı Çatı Altında” (Under The Same Roof) (1987), “Üzüldüğün Şeye Bak” (Just Look What You’re Grieving Over) (1990), “Öptüm Yanaklarından” (Here’s A Kiss For Your Cheeks) (1990), “Biraz Geç Kalmadın Mı?” (Aren’t You Just A Little Bit Late?)
(1991), “Sarsam Diyorum” (Oh I Want To Embrace You) (1992), “Oldu mu ya” (Is That Any Way?” (1995 and 1999) and “Gözlerin Kaldı” (You’re Eyes Remain) 1998.
In addition, “Aynı Çatı Altında” won a Hürriyet Newspaper “Golden Butterfly” award in 1987, and in 1990 “Sarsam Diyorum” received Honorable Mention in TRT’s Turkish Art Music Composition Contest (in this contest no entry took First, Second or Third Prize.)
Having worked for 25 years in the private sector, he retired in 1995 under terms of the “Law Governing Artists’ Debt.” (One 40-page chapter of this book, “Music in Amasya,” was written by Dr. Hüsamettin Olgun.)