Funda Arar

Turkish singer

Febyo Taşel

(m. 2004)

^[1]^[2]Children1^[3]Musical careerGenres

Anatolian rock
pop
classical Turkish

Instrument(s)

Vocals
oud
mandolin

Years active1999–presentLabels

Emre Grafson
DMC
TMC

Websitefundaarar.com

Musical artist

Funda Arar (Turkish pronunciation: [funˈda aˈɾaɾ]; born 8 April 1975) is a Turkish singer.

Funda Arar spent her early childhood in Ankara, where she was born, and later in Muğla and Adapazarı. She studied at Istanbul Technical University's music conservatory, specialicizing in the mandolin. Her first album Sevgilerde came out in 1999, became a big hit, especially the song "Aysel". Sevgiliye was released a year later and included hits like "Seni Düşünürüm" and "Cesminaz" in collaboration with Kıraç.^[4] Alagül and Sevda Yanığı, her third and fourth albums came out in 2002 and 2003, which had the songs "Haberin Var mı?", "Aşksız Kal".

Arar's album Son Dans was released in December 2005 following a long break. Recently, she released the much anticipated Rüya (2008) (Turkish classical music), in which she sang songs in a variety of makams such as Hicaz, Rast, Hüzzam, Muhayyerkürdî, Uşşak, Kürdîlihicazkâr, and Nihavend. In this album, she was accompanied by a master ensemble of (Turkish classical music) under the directorship of Yaşar Okyay.

She is married with Febyo Taşel since 2004 who is also producer of all of her albums. In 2013, they had a child named Aras.

Discography

Studio albums

2000: Sevgilerde
2002: Alagül
2003: Sevda Yanığı
2006: Son Dans (Mü-Yap certification: Platinum^[5])
2008: Rüya
2009: Zamanın Eli
2011: Aşkın Masum Çocukları
2012: Sessiz Sinema
2015: Hoşgeldin
2017: Aşk Hikayesi
2018: Arabesk

EPs

2001: Sevgiliye (with Kıraç)
2007: Beyaz Gelincik (with Kıraç)
2020: Doldur Yüreğimi
2022: Boşver

Charts

List of singles, release date and album name
Single	Year	Peak	Album
Single	Year	TR ^[6]	Album
"Karartma Günleri"	2006	5	Son Dans
"Benim İçin Üzülme"		4
"Camdan Kalp"		—
"Karaya Vuran Gemiler Gibi"	2007	—
"Bu Sabah Güneş Doğmuyor"	2007	2
"Beni Benle Böyle"	2008	—
"Senden Öğrendim"	2009	3	Zamanın Eli
"Yak Gel"		2
"Geçmez Yara"		3
"Geceler"	2010	13
"Sen ve Ben"	2011	1	Aşkın Masum Çocukları
"İkimiz"		—
"Aşkın Bana Değdi Değeli"		—
"Anmam Adını"		—
"Sessiz Sinema"	2012	—	Sessiz Sinema
"Yok Yok"		—
"Geciken Gözyaşı"		—
"Yoksun"	2013	—
"Pişmanım"
"Hafıza" (feat. Enbe Orkestrası)		1	Hafıza
"Hayatın Hesabı"	2015	—	Hoşgeldin
"Yediverenim"		—	Hoşgeldin
"Bağışla"		2	Bağışla
"Gamsız"		—	Hoşgeldin
"—" indicates that the songs were not included in the lists or the results were not disclosed.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Ruhsar	Herself	Guest appearance
2008	Komedi Dükkanı	Herself	Guest appearance
2009	Altın Kızlar	Herself	Guest appearance
2016	Kaçma Birader	Herself	Film

Television programs

Funda Arar'la Performans (2005)
Gölgeler (2006)
Söz Müzik Funda Arar (2008–2009)

References

^ 28-29 June 2004, NATO zirvesi Archived 16 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine MLKP. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
^ Evlenmek için Bush'u bekledi Sabah. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
^ "Funda Arar'ın en güzel eseri 'Aras' bebek". Akşam. 9 July 2013.
^ Turkish Classical Music Concert by Funda Arar Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, İş Sanat (12 March 2014)
^ "MÜ-YAP 2007 MÜZİK ÖDÜLLERİ DAĞITILDI". Mü-Yap. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
^
The songs on Türkçe Top 20:
- "Karartma Günleri": "Nielsen Music Control - www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com". Nielsen Music Control. Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Benim İçin Üzülme": "Nielsen Music Control - www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com". Nielsen Music Control. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Bu Sabah Güneş Doğmuyor": "Gerçek Pop – 52. Hafta (2007)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 2 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Senden Öğrendim": "Gerçek Pop – 16. Hafta (2009)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Yak Gel": "Gerçek Pop – 29. Hafta (2009)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Geçmez Yara": "Gerçek Pop – 1. Hafta (2010)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 9 January 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Geceler": "Gerçek Pop – 35. Hafta (2010)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Sen ve Ben": "Gerçek Pop – 8. Hafta (2011)". Nielsen Music Control. Gerçek Pop. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Hafıza": "MusicTopTR Resmi Listesinde 50. Haftanın Lideri. HAFIZA". Twitter. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Bağışla": "MusicTopTR Resmi Listesinde 41. haftanın ikincisi BAĞIŞLA". Twitter. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.