Who is Müslüm Gürses?

Müslüm Gürses or by his birth name Müslüm Akbaş (born May 7, 1953; Fıstıközü, Halfeti, Şanlıurfa - Date of death 3 March 2013, Istanbul), Turkish arabesque and folk music artist. Worldwide, "Father of Arabesque", while in Turkey "arabesque Father" and "Muslim father" as is well known.

In recent years, adding some pop and rock style pieces to its repertoire, Nilüfer's “Not Yar”, Teoman's “Paramparça”, Tarkan's “Instead of Us”, Bülent Ortaçgil's “Without You”, Murathan Mungan's “No Mektubun ”, Kenan Doğulu's“ I Can't Hold ZamHe also voiced the works of Şebnem Ferah's "Cigarette".

Gurses, who appeared before the camera for the first time in 1979 with the movie "İsyankar", took part in 38 movies in total.

Sanliurfa period

Her mother, Emine Hanım, and her father, Mehmet Bey, met in a village in the Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa, which was formerly known as Tisa but whose name was changed to Fıstıközü in the 1960s. When they got married in 1951, they were only 17 years old, living in poverty. He was born on 7 May 1953 as the first child of Emine Hanım and Mehmet Bey in a mud-brick house in Fıstıközü village of Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa. The date of birth of Müslüm Gürses is stated as July 5, 1953 in some sources and in his identity, but Müslüm Gürses stated the actual date of birth in the Esra Ceyhan Show program hosted by Esra Ceyhan on September 16, 1998 and Beyaz Show, presented by Beyazıt Öztürk on January 26, 2007. It was announced as May 7, 1953.

His father, Mehmet Akbaş, is a farm worker. When Müslüm came to the world, the financial difficulties started to become even more troublesome, and soon after, the Akbaş family had another child named Ahmet. When it became very difficult for them to live in this village, Emine Hanım talked to her relatives and said that they should move in order to live a better life. Müslüm is five years old and Ahmet is one year old when they collect their belongings and set off.

Adana period

They had arrived in Adana Hürriyet Mahallesi with great hopes. Here their hopes would turn into indescribable pain. Poverty was still the same poverty. It was not difficult for them to get used to this neighborhood. Father Mehmet Akbaş is already used and short zamHis nickname was Deli Mehmet at the time. Emine Hanım started to work and Müslüm had to take care of his brother Ahmet while he was away. At that age, Müslüm's behavior was like a mature man, he never had a child. Even when he started school, he was never able to play with his peers and sat on the sidelines and watched those who were playing. When he left school, he immediately ran home and helped his mother. During this period, another sister was born and the responsibility of Müslüm started to increase even more. Müslüm had to learn life early here and his elbow was not rotted at the school desk but at the tailor's loom at the shoemaker.

Art life

Müslüm Gürses started singing in 1965, singing songs in a tea garden in Adana at a young age. zamHe went to the community center at the moment. He worked as a tailor apprentice and shoemaker, he appeared on the stage at a casino in those years. Also, after graduating from primary school, when he was 14 years old, he participated in the competition held in Adana Family Tea Garden in 1967 and became the winner. Drawing attention with her voice at a young age, Gürses said the following about that period in an interview with him: “I finished primary school. There is no rest. I read long air while lying on the roof in Adana. My friend was going to the Community Center. I went too. Then I became an artist on Çukurova Radio ”.

They change their surname as “Gürses” while working there.

Since 1967, he sang live folk songs every week on Saturday on TRT-Adana-Çukurova Radio. From 1968 on, the first 45s began to be released on the market. The first plate is Emmioğlu / Ovada Taşa Basma, dated 1968, and Ömür Plak is an Adana edition. Ömür Plak made a total of 4 pieces of 45.

Gürses, who came to Istanbul, made two 2 records with Sarıkaya Plak, owned by Selahattin Sarıkaya: Dressed, Kuşan Selvi Boylum / Come with My Life, You Are Ruined, Come / Haram Aşk.

Later, in 1969, again in Istanbul with Palandöken Record company, the first release song Sevda Yüklü Kervanlar, Sevda Yüklü Kervanlar / Vurma Güzel Vurma was released. This record broke a record by selling 45 copies.

Gürses did his military service after this record, came back to Istanbul and continued to release his records in the same company. He made 13 records with Palandöken Plak, then 4 with Bestefon Plak, then 15 with Hülya Plak and finally two 2 with Çınçın Plak.

In 1999, he parted ways with Elenor Plak, where Müslüm Gürses had released his albums for 15 years at that time and transferred to Ulus Müzik. The songs in the albums Garipler, My Friend, Zavallım, Müslüm'ce Türküler 1999 and Only (Turkish Art Music) released by Müslüm Gürses from 2001 to 2001 are the songs performed by Müslüm Gürses before 1999.

On February 1, 2006, her album called Gönül Teknem took its place on the shelves with the label Seyhan Music. In 2006, Gürses' joint project with writer Murathan Mungan took its place in the music markets with the label “Aşk Coincidences Sever” Pasaj Müzik. He sang songs written by Mungan, composed by many foreign musicians from David Bowie to Garbage, Leonard Cohen to Jane Birkin. Then, on December 29, 2008, Müslüm Gürses returned to the stages with his striking album “Sandık”, which is also from Pasaj Müzik.

In November 2010, he signed an album with Pasaj Müzik titled “Yalan Dünya” again.

Audience

Müslüm Gürses' audience has been the subject of many studies. Doctoral dissertations were even written (For example, 2002 / Bağlam Publishing: Caner Işık / Nuran Erol, "Arabeskin Meaning World and Müslüm Gürses Example").

Death

Müslüm Gürses was taken to the intensive care unit after the by-pass surgery he had at Memorial Hospital on Thursday, November 15, 2012, due to lung and heart failure, and was connected to his breathing apparatus. Gürses died on March 3, 2013 in Istanbul Memorial Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for about four months. After his funeral prayer at Teşvikiye Mosque on March 4, 2013, he was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

albums

Year	Album name	Producer	Overview
1975	Muslum Gurses 1	Cinnamon Plaque
1976	Muslum Gurses 2
1977	Muslum Gurses 3
1978	Muslum Gurses 4
1979	Don't Ask Me for Mercy
1979	Gas Driver
1979	Sore	Saner Plaque
1980	Mystique eyes	Emre Plak
1981	Be Happy	Modern Record
1982	If God Wouldn't Want	Space Plaque
1982	Music Feast	Mediterranean Record
1983	I could not explain	Castle Plaque
1984	I couldn't help	Elenor Music
1985	Make my face laugh
1986	The Way of Love
1986	Resentment	Bayar Music
1986	Break Down	Elenor Music
1986	Go
1987	The unfortunate
1987	Sad Days	Disco Record
1987	With my memories from yesterday to today	Sarp Plaque
1988	Cuckold	Özbir Record
1988	People of Troubles	Elenor Music
1988	Unfaithful Realm
1988	A bunch from the past	Sedef Music
1988	Bayar Folk Concerts	Bayar Music
1989	A Storm Will Break	Mediterranean Record
1989	Give Another Glass	Sarp Plaque
1989	Mahsun Kul	Elenor Music
1990	Muslum Gurses Concert		Concert album
1990	Go Goodbye	Bayar Music
1990	My Destiny / Friend Victim	Ugur Plak
1990	Meyhaneci / Broken Sazım	Elenor Music
1991	And Listen From Me
1991	Where are you? Where am I?	Bayar Music
1991	You Hit Me From My Heart	Sarp Plaque
1991	Everything is a lie	Elenor Music
1992	Muslim'92
1992	Cruel (if you only knew)	Bayar Music
1993	If I Were Snow in the Mountains	Elenor Music
1994	Faith / Cairo Recital	Ugur Plak
1994	I won't give up on you	Elenor Music
1995	A Handful of Tears / Repentance
1995	My affair
1996	From Soil to Body (I Have Rebellion)
1997	Where are you?
1997	My sultan	İdobay Music
1997	Master / What Author	Elenor Music
1998	Müslüm Gürses Classics
1999	Weird
1999	Wow dear	Ulus Music
1999	Friend	Elenor Music
2000	This is how we saw it from the father	Ulus Music
2000	I'm poor	Elenor Music
2001	Folk Songs in Muslim 2001
2001	Only (Turkish Art Music)
2001	The world is a lie	Universal Music
2002	Open Air Concerts 1		Concert album
2002	Open Air Concerts 2		Concert album
2002	Open Air Concerts 3		Concert album
2002	Journey with Müslüm Baba
2002	Paramparça	Bayar Music
2003	I can't escape from my destiny / you did wrong	Ozdemir Record
2003	Instead of us	Dirlik Music
2003	I burn	Bayar Music
2004	Neredesin firze	Remaining Music	Single
2004	Selections from Müslüm Baba, Vol. one	Bayar Music
2004	Promised Songs	Ada Music	Single
2004	Waking up Zammemory (Kyak Done)	Kadırga Music
2005	Separation is a Painful Thing	Videohouse Music
2005	Do not look	Sun Music
2006	My Heart's Boat / Without You	Seyhan Music
2006	love likes Coincidences	Passage Music
2008	Chest
2010	The Lying World
2010	my heart	Dogan Music Company	Single
2011	Kizilbas 2	Remaining Music	Single
2012	Labirent	Nada Music	Single
2013	Song of the Truckers	Bayar Music	Single
2013	Farewell - Ervah-i Ezelde	Kadırga Music
2014	This Up From Me / My Last Songs
2017	Songs in the Cellar	Elenor Music
2019	Songs in the Cellar 2

45's 

4 from Müslüm Gürses Ömür Plak, 2 from Sarıkaya Plak, 13 from Palandöken Plak, 4 from Bestefon Plak, 15 from Hülya Plak, 2 from Çın Çın Plak, and 1 from Saner Plak. He made a 41 plate. In 45, 7 years after his death, Müslüm Gürses's 2020-plate record, which he read to Bestefon Plak in 1971 but was not released at that time, is expected to be released after 45 years. 

Year	Album name	Producer	Overview
1968	Emmioğlu / Stoning in the Plain	Life Plaque	Plate No 5
	Smoke in the smoke / no love		Plate No 6
	I Learned Love From You / Months Pass Without You		Plate No 9
	Tears Stay In My Eyes / The Golden Cage Is My Stop		Plate No 10
1969	Dressed by Selvi Boy / You ruined my life	Sarıkaya Record	Plate No 5
	Don't Go Come Come / Haram Love		Plate No 6
	Caravans Loaded with Love / Don't Hit Good Hit	Palandoken Record	Plate No 745
	I wandered, I wandered Immigration Hands		Plate No 763
	Raki and Wine Doesn't Matter / If I Have a Cup of Coffee		Plate No 764
	Tell me Doctor / Your Green Eyes		Plate No 771
	My darling Fairy / I fell for your love		Plate No 772
1970	Love Lake / Those Who Make Me Cry		Plate No 785
	Flowers in my heart / my sin does not fit into the world		Plate No 786
	Golden Cage / Troubled Eyes		Plate No 789
	I beg you, My God is Enough		Plate No 796
	How I Apologize / At a Young Age		Plate No 798
	Good Lord, What a Pain / I'm Not Regret		Plate No 804
	How Troubles This / Thank You		Plate No 805
	Don't laugh at those who cry / love riddle		Plate No 813
1971	You fell into the well of your ass / I was a victim	Bestefon Record	Plate No SS 11
	I Unknowingly Break You / Drink A Coffee Cigarette		Plate No SS 13
	A Slice of White Cheese / Nights Without You		Plate No SS 18
	Nails Removes Nails / Unrequited Lovers		Plate No SS 21
	Am I Not Human / Do I Need To Die To Love You	Hulya Plak	Plate No 506
	What Got In Your Hands (Gazelles) / A Bite of Bread		Plate No 507
	Become a Man / Honey or Sugar		Plate No 508
1972	It's Tormented So Much / Sin		Plate No 578
	I don't know if I was born a sinner / I am sad, I drink		Plate No 618
	Çilekeş (I Don't Want to Live) / Today Has Tomorrow		Plate No 660
1973	Lost Days / Destroy My Life		Plate No 713
	World of Hope / Love Tastes With You, This Heart		Plate No 752
	Life is a Casino / My Last Wish		Plate No 775
	Wind of Longing (Migratory Birds) / Come to God		Plate No 801
	Mahzun (Bottle One Empty Goblet) / Give Hope Now		Plate No 826
	To leave in destiny / cruelty of my destiny		Plate No 832
1974	Oh (Come And Don't Drink) / I'm dying of my sorrow		Plate No 854
	If I'm Drinking There Is A Reason (That Is It)		Plate No 883
	Don't be if you don't like it / Begging		Plate No 887
1975	Architect / Of Yarap	Cinnamon Plaque	Plate No 501
1976	What Has The World Became / Rebel		Plate No 712
1979	Lovers Moments / Intizar / Hüdai Recognize İdim (Unforgettable Songs of İsyankar Movie)	Saner Plaque	Plate No 101
2020	Suffering is my burden / goodbye to your false love	Topkapi Record Plate

Films

Müslüm Gürses has played in 39 films. These movies are:

works 

Title of the work	Music company	Album or albums containing the work	Album date	Overview
Don't laugh at those who cry	alandoken Record	Don't laugh at those who cry / love riddle	1970	Its lyrics and music belong to Müslüm Gürses.
Love Puzzle				Its lyrics and music belong to Müslüm Gürses.
Why It Is Burning  (Why Is It Burning)	Cinnamon Plaque Disco Record	Don't Ask Me for Mercy Sad Days	1979 1987	Its lyrics and music belong to Müslüm Gürses.
Hicran Wound  (Our love is dead darling)	Cinnamon Plaque Sarp Plaque	Don't Ask Me for Mercy With my memories from yesterday to today	1979 1987	Its lyrics and music belong to Müslüm Gürses.
Don't Look So Deep Deep	Mediterranean Record	Music Feast	1982	Its lyrics and music belong to Müslüm Gürses.
Hünkar Son (Long Air)	Elenor Music	Break Down	1986	Its compilation belongs to Müslüm Gürses.
I Love Me Mecnun (Long Air)		A Handful of Tears / Repentance	1995	Its compilation belongs to Müslüm Gürses.
Love Is A Fire	Bayar Music	Paramparça	2002	His word belongs to Yunus Emre and his music belongs to Müslüm Gürses.

Commercial films 

heritage 

The movie Müslüm, directed by Ketche and Can Ulkay and about Müslüm Gürses's life, was released on October 26, 2018. Şahin Kendirci portrayed Müslüm Gürses' youth in the film and Timuçin Esen as his adulthood. 6.5 million people with a panorama of all Muslim film in Turkey zam5th in the list of record-breaking movies of moments, all zamIt is in the first place in the list of the audience record-breaking dramas of moments.