Gülben Ergen

Gülben Ergen

Genres: turkish, pop, turkey, Turkish Pop, gulben ergen

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About Gülben Ergen

Gülben Ergen was born on 25 August 1972 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her secondary education at Erenköy Girls’ High School and later graduated from Kadıköy Business High School. At age sixteen, she participated in the “Cinema Star” competition organized by the Hürriyet newspaper and won second place, which introduced her to the worlds of modeling and acting. She made her film debut in 1988 with Biz Ayrılamayız. In the same year, she appeared in Deniz Yıldızı, and later in films such as Av and Kanun Savaşçıları. In the mid-1990s, she worked at the Maksim Casino as part of İbrahim Tatlıses’s program and appeared in his music video “Haydi Söyle”. She also took part in his television series Fırat. Ergen began her music career in 1997 with her first studio album, Merhaba. The album included several music videos, helping her gain recognition as a singer. In 1999, she released her second album, Kör Aşık, collaborating with prominent Turkish composers and lyricists. At the same time, she hosted the television program Gümbür Gümbür Gülbence and starred in the TV series Marziye between 1998 and 2001. Her career reached a new milestone in 2001 when she played the lead role in the popular TV series Dadı, the Turkish adaptation of The Nanny. Her performance earned her the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actress. In the same year, she founded the magazine Gülbence. In 2002, she released the album Sade ve Sadece, which featured successful singles such as “Abayı Yaktım”. She also portrayed Hürrem Sultan in the historical TV series Hürrem Sultan. In 2004, she released one of the most successful albums of her career, Uçacaksın, which sold 600,000 copies and received a diamond certification from MÜ-YAP. That same year, she held a major concert in Istanbul, later released as a live album. She continued her musical success with singles such as “Fıkır Fıkır”. Her self-titled album Gülben Ergen was released in 2006, followed by the album Aşk Hiç Bitmez in 2008, which produced popular tracks including “Avrupa”, later adapted as a promotional song for the Turkish national football team during UEFA Euro 2008. In 2011, she released the hit single “Şıkır Şıkır” in collaboration with Mustafa Sandal. In 2012, she released the album Hayat Bi’ Gün. She continued her musical projects with singles such as “Aşkla Aynı Değil” in 2015. Her studio album Kalbimi Koydum was released in October 2015 and debuted at the top of digital charts in Turkey. The album’s title track, a duet with Bora Duran, also reached number one. Besides her career in music and acting, Gülben Ergen has written children’s books and has been actively involved in social responsibility work. She founded the organization “Çocuklar Gülsün Diye”, which focuses on supporting preschool education across Turkey and has led to the establishment of numerous kindergartens. Ergen has three children: her son Atlas, born in 2007, and twins Ares and Güney, born in 2009. She married Mustafa Erdoğan in 2004 and divorced in 2012. In 2014, she married journalist Erhan Çelik; the couple divorced in 2016.

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