Ferdi Tayfur

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-11-15 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Adana, Turkey

Also Known As Ferdi Baba

Ferdi Tayfur

Biography

Ferdi Tayfur (Born: Ferdi Tayfur Turanbayburt, born November 15, 1945) is one of Turkey's most successful and famous Turkish arabesque singer, actor and composer. In recent years, he has also become popular in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago,Syria and Iran. He achieved estimated sales of over 50-60 million records worldwide. He was born in Hurriyet neighbourhood of Adana, Turkey and he has led a successful career in arabesque music. Being successful in his arabesque career he has been announced as the King of Arabesque, a music type very popular in today's Turkey and the middle east. His father, Cumali, who was a big fan of a famous theater and dubbing actor "Ferdi Tayfur" named his youngest son after him. After his father was killed, he was not able to continue his education because he had to work in the cotton fields of Cukurova to support his family. Ferdi Tayfur went to Istanbul when he was 17 with dreams of becoming a famous singer. He was not able to succeed on doing this and so he returned to Adana after a short stay in Istanbul. He came back to Istanbul in the early 1970s and his constant attempts to become a singer finally started to pay off. He has got over 100 music albums and over 30 films in his credit and he has received the prestigious Golden Album Award nine times. In 2000, he almost lost one of his toes due to diabetes. He has got millions of fans both in Turkey and in Europe (particularly among Turks in Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark and The Netherlands).

Known For

Actor

2008
Memur Muzaffer

as Muzaffer Mutlu

2007
Yersiz Yurtsuz

as Emrullah

1989
1989
1986
1984
1984
Utanıyorum

as Ferdi

1983
Kalbimdeki Acı

as Ferdi Tayfur

1983
Yaktı Beni

as Cumali Çakıroğlu

1982
1982
1982
Olmaz Olsun

as Ferdi

1982
1981
Kara Gurbet

as Ferdi

1980
1980
1979
1979
Yadeller

as Ferdi

1979
1978
Son Sabah

as Ferdi

1978
Derbeder

as Ferdi

1978
Batan Güneş

as Ferdi

1977
Çeşme

as Ferdi

Director

1988
1986
Affet Allahım

as Director

Writer

Sound

1978
Derbeder

as Music