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She is one of the greatest living Turkish Special Art Music.
She has a relaxing voice.
One become sad in sad balads and begin to shake and dance in rhytmic songs.
Always is there a smile in her face.
And still make shows in spite of her age.

The story of Müzeyyen Senar, the most powerful living voice of Turkish art music that Atatürk listened to with such awe, began in Bursa in 1918. Her parents’ third child after brothers İsmet and Hilmi, from the day she was born Senar fell asleep every night to the hauntingly beautiful songs sung by her mother, Zehra Hanım, who had a voice as clear as a bell.

When she was only six years old, she already knew all the popular Turkish folk songs by heart. And her sweet voice could always be heard at the family gatherings and weddings in which she took part with her mother. But at that tender age she suffered an unfortunate setback. For some reason she woke up one morning unable to speak except with a stutter. She could only explain herself with great difficulty, but when she sang the problem went away. Indeed she even resorted to singing as a way of expressing herself. Then, at the age of twelve, her life changed forever when she followed her mother to Istanbul. Her beautiful voice and musical talent were recognized immediately in Istanbul. She took the first step towards her musical education by entering the Anatolia (Üsküdar) Musical Society in 1931, which was later followed by further training at the Society of Oriental Music. As a fresh new page was opening in her life, Müzeyyen Senar also found an opportunity to make the acquaintance of the most prominent composers of the period: Mustafa Nâfiz Irmak, Osman Nihat Akın, Selahattin Pınar, Yesari Asım Arsoy and many others.
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