Niyazi Emre Halit Altug (April 14, 1970, Istanbul) is a Turkish pop singer, actor.[1] He starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals. He is also one of the most popular male singers in Turkey.Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Discography
2 Albums
3 Singles
4 Filmography
4.1 Television series
4.2 Feature films
5 Sources
6 External links
6.1 Fan Site
6.2 Emre in the media
6.3 Official sites
7 Notes


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Biography

Halit Altug was born in Levent, IstanbulHalit Altug as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. He graduated in Theatrical Studies from the State Conservatory of Istanbul University. He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel or Nilüfer, before his first album, entitled <#304;breti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was released in 1999. In 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor (Ask Me, Too) for Melih K<#305;bar's album entitled Yad<#305;gar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, S<#305;cak (Hot) was released in 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy Money). His third album, Dudak Duda<#287;a (Lip to Lip) came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor (Won't Work Without You) a year later. The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV.[2] In June 2007 he released his latest album Ki<#351;iye Özel (Personal).

Emre Halit Altug is planning to release an English album, for which he travelled to the U.S. and is about to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe[3] (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and have already started to work on four songs with him.[4]

He married with Turkish famous top-model Ça<#287;la <#350;ikel in 2008.

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Discography

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AlbumsYear Album Name Label Info
1999 <#304;bret-i Alem Topkap<#305; Müzik[5] A Lesson To Everyone
2003 S<#305;cak DSM[6] Hot
2004 Dudak Duda<#287;a DSM[6] Lips To Lips, Sales: 115,000[7]
2007 Ki<#351;iye Özel DMC[8] Personal


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SinglesYear Album Name Label Info
2005 Sensiz Olmuyor DMC[8] Doesn't Work Without You


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Filmography

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Television series
2001: Tatl<#305; Hayat (Sweet Life): Ba<#351;ar Y<#305;ld<#305;r<#305;m
2003: Lise Defteri (High School Book): Genc
2005: Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you): Arda
2006: Hasret (Yearning): Poyraz (mini-series)
2006: Gülpare: Aslan (mini-series)
2008: Mert ile Gert: Mert

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Feature films
1999: Asansör (Elevator)
2000: A<#287;açlar ayakta ölür (Trees die at their roots) (television)
2002: Kolay para kazanma klavuzu: Eray
2004: Neredesin Firuze (Where's Firuze?): singer
2005: Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Maneuvre): guest appearance
2006: Eve giden yol (The road home): Halit

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Sources
Emre Altu<#287; fan site (Turkish)
Biyografi.org (Turkish)

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External links

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Fan Site
Un-Official Fan Site(Turkish)

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Emre in the media
Sinematürk Data Sheet (Turkish)
Emre Altug interview in Hürriyet (Turkish)

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Official sites
The official site of Gülpare (Turkish)
The official site of Sensiz Olmuyor (Turkish)
The official site of Tatli Hayat (Turkish)
Eve giden yol - Production company website (Turkish)
Hasret Official website (Turkish)

Album reviews

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