Ajda Pekkan

**Ajda Pekkan** (born February 12, 1946 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish singer and actress. She is one of the most successful Turkish singers with the sales of over 30 million copies worldwide. She is called "_Superstar_". She has released more than 20 albums. Most famous ones are "Superstar", "Superstar II", "Superstar III" (also known as Superstar 83), "Ajda '90", "Ajda '93", "The Best of Ajda", "Diva", "Cool Kadın" and "Farkın Bu". Also he recorded singles in French and English.

## Biography

Ajda was born to Rıdvan Pekkan, an officer in the Turkish Navy, and Nevin Dobruca, a housewife. She spent her childhood at the Gölcük Naval Base in Kocaeli Province. Ajda graduated from the Çamlıca Kız Lisesi.

She won a Cover Star contest in 1963 and she began her professional career. She started her career as an actress. She was a popular actress in 60s. She released her very first recording, "Göz Göz Değdi Bana" as a B-Side in 1964. Following year, she released her first single, "Her Yerde Kar Var" in 1965. In April 1977, she released an album called "Superstar". It was a great success. Album sold over millions of copies and became a classic. Her next album, "Superstar II", released in May 1979. It was more successful than Superstar. Songs from album, Bambaşka Biri (It was a Turkish cover of I Will Survive and it became a signature song of Ajda Pekkan), Dile Kolay, Ya Sonra, Haykıracak Nefesim Kalmasa Bile, Yeniden Başlasın, Bir Köşede Yalnız were successful hits. She gave concerts in Tehran, Paris and Tokyo in the 70s. She represented Turkey with the famous entry "Petr' oil" at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest in the Hague, the Netherlands.

She released her first album on CD, "Ajda '90" in 1990. She recorded her "Ajda '93" album in the USA and Switzerland. Her complation albums containing the new recordings of his hit songs, "The Best of Ajda" and "Diva" were very successful albums. Her latest album, "Farkın Bu", which released in July 2011 became the most selling album of 2011 in Turkey.

### Albums

- _Ajda Pekkan_ (1968)
- _Fecri Ebcioglu Sunar_ (1969)
- _Ajda Pekkan Vol III_ (1972)
- _La Fete A L’Olympia_ (1976)
- _Süperstar_ (1977)
- _Pour Lui_ (1978)
- _Süperstar II_ (1979)
- _Sen Mutlu Ol_ (1981)
- _Sevdim Seni_ (1982)
- _Süperstar III_ (1983)
- _Ajda Pekkan - Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra_ (1985)
- _Süperstar IV_ (1987)
- _Ajda ’90_ (1990)
- _Seni Seçtim_ (1991)
- _Ajda ’93_ (1993)
- _Ajda Pekkan_ (1996)
- _The Best of Ajda_ (1998)
- _Diva_ (2000)
- _Cool Kadın_ (2006)
- _Aynen Oyle_ (2008)
- _Farkın Bu_ (2011)

### Complations

- _Ajda_ (1975)
- _Unutulmayanlar_ (1990)
- _Hoşgör Sen_ (1993)
- _The Best of Ajda_ (1998)
- _Diva_ (2000)

### Singles

- _Abidik Gubidik Twist/Göz Göz Değdi Bana_ (1964)
- _Her Yerde Kar Var/Onyedi Yaşında_ (1965)
- _Moda Yolunda/Serseri_ (1966)
- _Seviyorum/İlkokulda Tanışmıştık_ (1966)
- _İki Yabancı/Bang, Bang_ (1967)
- _Dönmem Sana/İlk Aşkım_ (1967)
- _Oyalama Beni/Saklambaç_ (1967)
- _Aşk Oyunu/Et C'est Pour Toi_ (1967)
- _Boşvermişim Dünyaya/Sevdiğim Adam_ (1967)
- _Dünya Dönüyor/Üç Kalp_ (1968)
- _Kimdir Bu Sevgili/Onu Bana Bırak_ (1968)
- _Özleyiş/Ve Ben Şimdi_ (1968)
- _Boş Sokak/Çapkın_ (1968)
- _Ne Tadı Var Bu Dünyanın/Mesut Ol Sen_ (1969)
- _İki Yüzlü Aşk/Erkekleri Tanıyın_ (1969)
- _Durdurun Şu Zamanı/Yaşamak Ne Güzel Şey_ (1969)
- _Ben Bir Köylü Kızıyım/Tatlı Dünya_ (1969)
- _Son Arzu/Üzgün Yüzlü Dertli Akşam_ (1969)
- _Ay Dogarken/Sev Sen de Gönlünce_ (1969)
- _Sensiz Yıllarda/Olmadı Gitti_ (1970)
- _Yağmur/Tek Yaşanır mı_ (1970)
- _Gençlik Yılları/Bilmece Bildirmece_ (1971)

- _Yalnızlıktan Bezdim/Gel_ (1971)
- _Sen Bir Yana Dünya Bir Yana/İçiyorum_ (1971)
- _Olanlar Oldu Bana/Çapkın Satıcı_ (1972)
- _Dert Bende/Varsın Yansın Dünya_ (1972)
- _Kaderimin Oyunu / Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti_ (1973)
- _Babylone, Babylone / Viens Pleurer Dans Mon Coeur_ (1973)
- _Tanrı Misafiri / İçme Sakın_ (1973)
- _Seninleyim / Palavra Palavra_ (1973)
- _Nasılsın İyi misin / İnanmam_ (1974)
- _Sana Neler Edeceğim / Haram Olsun Bu Aşk Sana_ (1974)
- _Hoşgör Sen / Sana Ne Kime Ne_ (1975)
- _Al Beni / Aşk Budur_ (1975)
- _Ne Varsa Bende Var / Yere Bakan Yürek Yakan_ (1976)
- _Je T'apprendrai L'amour / Tu Pars Et tu Reviens_ (1976)
- _Gözünaydın / Kim Ne Derse Desin_ (1976)
- _Viens Dans Ma Vie / Face a Face Avec Moi_ (1977)
- _Aglama Yarim / Sakın Sakın Ha_ (1977)
- _A Mes Amours, A Mes Amours / Satisfaction_ (1977)
- _Ya Sonra / Yeniden Başlasın_ (1978)
- _Pet'r oil/Loving On Petrol/Le Roi Du Petr' oil - Eurovision 1980 Turkey_ (1980)
- _Sen İste_ (2003)
- _Resim_ (2009)
- _Yakar Geçerim_ (2011)