Funda Arar (; 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.Turkish Classical Music Concert by Funda Arar , İş Sanat (12 March 2014) 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) 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 TRThe songs on Türkçe Top 20: "Karartma Günleri": "Benim İçin Üzülme": "Bu Sabah Güneş Doğmuyor": "Senden Öğrendim": "Yak Gel": "Geçmez Yara": "Geceler": "Sen ve Ben": "Hafıza": "Bağışla": "Karartma Günleri" 2006 5 Son Dans "Benim İçin Üzülme" 4 "Camdan Kalp" — "Karaya Vuran Gemiler Gibi" 2007 — "Bu Sabah Güneş Doğmuyor" 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" — "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)
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