Kuantum 51
{{infobox album
| name = Kuantum 51
| type = studio
| artist = Tarkan
| cover = Tarkan - Kuantum 51.jpg
| border = yes
| caption =
| released = 14 June 2024
| recorded = 2023–2024
| genre = Pop
| length = 42:27
| language = Turkish
| label = Hitt{{,}} DMC
| producer = Tarkan
| prev_title = 10
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
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}}
Kuantum 51 (Quantum 51) is the eleventh studio album by Turkish singer Tarkan. It was released on 14 June 2024 by Hitt.{{cite news|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/yasam/tarkandan-7-yil-sonra-ilk-album-kuantum-51-muzikseverlerle-2217509|title=Tarkan'dan 7 yıl sonra ilk albüm: 'Kuantum 51' müzikseverlerle buluştu... İşte en çok dinlenen parçalar|work=Cumhuriyet|date=14 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}}
Release and content
Tarkan released his eleventh studio album, Kuantum 51, after a seven-year hiatus, and it consists of a total of 12 songs.{{cite news|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/cadde/kuantum-51-cikti-7142472|title=‘Kuantum 51’ çıktı|work=Milliyet|date=15 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025|language=Turkish}} Produced by Tarkan, the album features songs written and composed by Tarkan, as well as two songs written by Aysel Gürel and two by Günay Çoban, and one song written and composed by Güler Özince. It also features compositions by Turaç Berkay Özer, Murat Matthew Erdem, and Serkan İzzet Özdoğan. The arrangements were made by İskender Paydaş, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Ateş Berker Öngören, Murat Matthew Erdem, Turaç Berkay Özer, and Mert Kemancı.{{cite news|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/sinem-vural/7-yil-sonra-bayram-sekeri-tarkandan-42479069|title=7 yıl sonra bayram şekeri Tarkan’dan|work=Hürriyet|date=20 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}} The production reportedly cost {{Turkish lira}}20 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/yasam/tarkanin-yeni-albumu-kuantum-51-icin-harcadigi-para-gundem-oldu-2217763|title=Tarkan'ın yeni albümü 'Kuantum 51' için harcadığı para gündem oldu|work=Cumhuriyet|date=15 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}}
Released together with the album were visuals for a select number of songs that were made available on YouTube. The album became the most streamed Turkish album globally at the time of its release.{{cite news|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/cadde/dunyada-kuantum-51-etkisi-7143977|title=Dünya’da ‘Kuantum 51’ etkisi|work=Milliyet|date=19 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025|language=Turkish}} Songs from the album were performed live by Tarkan during his European tour in 2025.{{cite news|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/magazin/avrupada-tarkan-ilgisi-7351610|title=Avrupa’da Tarkan ilgisi|work=Milliyet|date=16 April 2025|access-date=11 July 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/avrupa/tarkan-30-mayista-munih-1-haziranda-zurihte-konser-verecek-42817099|title=Tarkan, 30 Mayıs’ta Münih, 1 Haziran’da Zürih’te konser verecek|work=Hürriyet|date=27 May 2025|access-date=11 July 2025}}
Reception
Initial reactions to the album were mixed on social media.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/magazin/galeri/7-yil-aradan-sonra-kuantum-51-ile-geri-donuyor-tarkan-sosyal-medyayi-ikiye-boldu-yo-yo-yo-paylasma-2121268|title=7 yıl aradan sonra 'Kuantum 51' ile geri dönüyor! Tarkan sosyal medyayı ikiye böldü: 'Yo yo yo paylaşma!'|work=CNN Türk|date=6 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}} Writing for Milliyet, Mehmet Tez noticed Tarkan's attempt to live up to his old image and lamented his desire to "recreate his image from the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s. ... Today, with Kuantum 51, he repeats what he had attempted in a series of albums, starting with Metamorfoz (2011). He's competing with the megastar Tarkan of 20 years ago. If this is the opponent you are facing, it is impossible to win."{{cite news|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/mehmet-tez/tarkanin-degisime-ihtiyaci-var-7165092|title=Tarkan’ın değişime ihtiyacı var|work=Milliyet|first=Mehmet|last=Tez|date=4 August 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}} Writing for Hürriyet, Sinem Vural also noted that "Tarkan is always expected to deliver the same '90s hits. But he's delivering 'what pop music should be like in 2024'". She added that the album could be catchy and "if you listen to it with your expectations cleared, you will understand Tarkan's new age, his place in his career, his own tastes, and you will memorize the lyrics in a short time". Writing for Sabah, Yüksel Aytuğ found "Müteşekkir" as "the song with the best lyrics on the album" and "Darmaduman" as the only memorable piece. He concluded: "In short, Kuantum 51 made me ask, 'Where are the old Tarkan albums that were all hits?'".{{cite news|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/gunaydin/aytug/2024/06/16/tarkanin-yeni-albumu-olmus-mu|title=Tarkan’ın yeni albümü olmuş mu?|work=Sabah|date=16 June 2024|access-date=11 July 2025}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Kuantum 51
| total_length = 42:27
| extra_column = Composer(s)
| title1 = Yo
| writer1 = Tarkan
| extra1 = Tarkan
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = İllallah
| writer2 = Tarkan
| extra2 = Tarkan{{·}}İskender Paydaş
| length2 = 3:39
| title3 = Olay
| writer3 = Tarkan
| extra3 = Tarkan
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = Şerbetli
| writer4 = Günay Çoban
| extra4 = Turaç Berkay Özer
| length4 = 3:14
| title5 = Müteşekkir
| writer5 = Güler Özince
| extra5 = Güler Özince
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Darmaduman
| writer6 = Tarkan
| extra6 = Tarkan{{·}}Murat Matthew Erdem
| length6 = 3:50
| title7 = Ayrılık Töreni
| writer7 = Aysel Gürel
| extra7 = Tarkan
| length7 = 2:47
| title8 = Kalpte Savaş
| writer8 = Tarkan
| extra8 = Tarkan
| length8 = 3:23
| title9 = Çınar
| writer9 = Aysel Gürel
| extra9 = Serkan İzzet Özdoğan
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = Enseyi Karartma
| writer10 = Tarkan
| extra10 = Tarkan
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = Sorma Gitsin
| writer11 = Günay Çoban
| extra11 = Tarkan
| length11 = 3:20
| title12 = Vatanımsın
| writer12 = Tarkan
| extra12 = Tarkan
| length12 = 3:45
}}
Personnel
{{Div col}}
- Strings: İstanbul Strings
- Acoustic guitar: Erdem Sökmen{{·}}Murat Matthew Erdem
- Bass guitar: Erdal Eriş{{·}}Alp Ersönmez
- Oboe: Sezai Kocabıyık
- Electric bağlama: İsmail İlgün
- Electric guitar: Alper Çakır{{·}}Murat Matthew Erdem{{·}}Pau Romero
- Drums{{·}}percussion: Mehmet Akatay{{·}}İskender Paydaş
- Kaval: Ozan Kurt
- Oud: Özdemir Güz
- Yaylı tambur: Hasan Kiriş
- Guitar: Caner Güneysu{{·}}Pau Romero{{·}}Danny Kora{{·}}Gültekin Kaçar{{·}}Metehan Köseoğlu
- Violin: Mert Kemancı
- Bağlama{{·}}tarcüş{{·}}cura: Ali Yılmaz
- Wind instruments: Eyüp Hamiş
- General coordinator: Volkan Atay
- Mix{{·}}mastering: Utku Ünsal
- Vocal recording and edit: Elber Tutkus
- Instrument recording: Ünal Aşkın{{·}}Serkan Özyurt
- Video supervisor: Erdi Sevinç
- Video post-producer: Osman Çetinkaya
- Video editor: Çisem Baydar Çetinkaya
- Camera{{·}}director: Can Karabulut
{{Div col end}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format(s) ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| scope="row" | Turkey
| CD{{·}} Digital download | rowspan="2" | Hitt Müzik |
| scope="row" | Worldwide
| Digital download |