Ferdi Tayfur

Ferdi Tayfur Born Ferdi Tayfur Turanbayburt born November 15 1945 is one of Turkeys most successful and famous Turkish arabesque singer actor and composer In recent years he has also become popular in Afghanistan Lebanon Trinidad and TobagoSyria and Iran He achieved estimated sales of over 5060 million records worldwide He was born in Hurriyet neighbourhood of Adana Turkey and he has led a successful career in arabesque music Being successful in his arabesque career he has been announced as the King of Arabesque a music type very popular in todays Turkey and the middle east His father Cumali who was a big fan of a famous theater and dubbing actor Ferdi Tayfur named his youngest son after him After his father was killed he was not able to continue his education because he had to work in the cotton fields of Cukurova to support his family Ferdi Tayfur went to Istanbul when he was 17 with dreams of becoming a famous singer He was not able to succeed on doing this and so he returned to Adana after a short stay in Istanbul He came back to Istanbul in the early 1970s and his constant attempts to become a singer finally started to pay off He has got over 100 music albums and over 30 films in his credit and he has received the prestigious Golden Album Award nine times In 2000 he almost lost one of his toes due to diabetes He has got millions of fans both in Turkey and in Europe particularly among Turks in Germany France Belgium Denmark and The Netherlands