Candan Erçetin participant in Eurovision Song Contest
Life and career
1961–94: Early life and career beginnings
Erçetin was born on 10 February 1961 in Kırklareli to a family with Albanian and Macedonian ancestry. She finished her early education in Kırklareli. At the age of 11, Erçetin won a scholarship and moved to Istanbul on her own to attend the Galatasaray High School. In 1978, she went to Istanbul Municipality Singing School and took singing lessons. In 1986, she represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest together with the group Klips ve Onlar. They performed the song "Halley" and at the time got the best result Turkey had ever had in that competition. In 1990, she performed the song "Daha Kolay" together with Cihan Okan at the Eurovision Turkey finals, and in 1992 she again took part in the competition by performing the song "Kimbilir Nerdesin" with Sinan Erkoç.
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