Claim: Simarik is a  double platinum 1997 song by Tarkan, a Turkish singer who released his first album in 1992 at the age of 20, and has gone on to release eight other albums, selling ovre 15 million copies; he has had chart success without singing in English.
Evidence: Aacayipsin (April 1994) Ölürüm Sana (July 1997) Karma (July 2001) Dudu (June 2003) Come Closer (First English album) (April 2006) Metamorfoz (December 2007) Adımı Kalbine Yaz (July 2010) Ahde Vefa (March 2016) 10 (June 2017)