Metin Şentürk
{{short description|Turkish pop singer (born 1966)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|05|16}}
| birth_place = Topkapı, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
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| genre = {{hlist|Pop|folk-pop|classical Turkish}}
| occupation = {{hlist|musician|composer|record producer|TV presenter|actor}}
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = {{hlist|Yaşar Kekeva Plak|Raks Müzik|Prestij Müzik|Mod Müzik|Avrupa Müzik|Seyhan Müzik|DMC}}
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Metin Şentürk (born May 16, 1966) is a Turkish artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.sinematurk.com/kisi/7188-metin-senturk/ |publisher=Sinema Türk |title=Metin Şentürk |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05}}
Family life
Şentürk was born in Topkapı into a family with origins from Kosovo.{{cite web |title=usta-sanatci-metin-senturk|url=https://www.haberler.com/usta-sanatci-metin-senturk-kimdir-kac-yasindadir-11349340-haberi/#:~:text=Metin%20%C5%9Eent%C3%BCrk%2C%2016%20May%C4%B1s%201966,de%20%C3%A7e%C5%9Fitli%20sebeplerle%20k%C3%B6r%20olmu%C5%9Ftur.|website=haberler| date=19 October 2018 |access-date=5 April 2020|language=Turkish}} He lost his eyesight in an accident at the age of three. For primary education, he attended a school for the blind over eight years. His further education in high school and university took place however at traditional institutions. Metin Şentürk studied music and graduated from the State Conservatory at Istanbul Technical University.{{cite news |url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-61998 |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Metin Şentürk: Seksin de gözü kördür |date=1999-02-07 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }}
Şentürk is also the host of a television program on music and disability. He also founded the Istanbul-based World Disability Foundation and World Disability Union which has 200 members from six continents and 75 countries. In May 2006, he married Fulya Kalkavan, a member of a wealthy shipowner family. His wife filed for divorce in 2012 after she was diagnosed for thyroid cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/14297132.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Metin Şentürk, dünya rekorunu kırdı |author=Leylak, Ali |date=2012-04-02 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/20731373.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Yukarıda Sevgilim Var... |date=2012-06-10 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }}
Şentürk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on April 2, 2010.NY Daily News.com [http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/04/04/2010-04-04_turkish_pop_singer_metin_senturk_becomes_worlds_fastest_unaccompanied_blind_driv.html Turkish singer, Metin Şentürk, breaks Guinness World Record for fastest unaccompanied blind driver], April 4, 2010 He drove a Ferrari F430 at the GAP Airport in Şanlıurfa, and was assisted by rally driver Volkan Işık on radio. His officially recorded top speed was {{convert|303.62|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and average speed {{convert|292.89|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The former record was set by British visually impaired Mike Newman at {{convert|284|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.
Filmography
Discography
- Elimdeki Fotoğrafın, (1987 – Yaşar Kekeva Plak)
- Bırakma Beni, (1991 – Yaşar Kekeva Plak)
- Allah Biliyor, (1992 – Raks Müzik)
- Yaktın Beni, (1993 – Raks Müzik)
- Sana Aitim, (1995 – Raks Müzik)
- Son Nokta, (1996 – Raks Müzik)
- Dünya Güzeli, (1997 – Raks Müzik)
- Sahte Dünya, (1999 – Prestij Müzik)
- Hazinem, (2000 – Prestij Müzik)
- Yolun Yarısı,(2001 – Şentürk Müzik)
- Dönmem Gerek,(2002 – Şentürk Müzik- Mod Müzik)
- Kalpten Kalbe,(2003 – Avrupa Müzik)
- Masal,(2006 – Seyhan Müzik)
- Zamanda Yolculuk,(2008 – Seyhan Müzik)
- Metin Şentürk ile Türk Sanat Müziği, (2009 – Seyhan Müzik)
- Bana Sen Lazımsın, (2012 – Seyhan Müzik)
- Kelebek, (2015 – DMC)
References
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External links
- [http://vimeo.com/9891199 World Handicapped Foundation]
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Category:Turkish pop musicians
Category:Turkish record producers
Category:Turkish television personalities
Category:Istanbul Technical University alumni