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Ibrahim Tatlises (born İbrahim Tatli in 1952, affectionately known as Ibo) is a Turkish singer. In addition to hosting his own television program, Ibo Show, on different private television stations and appearing in several dozen films, Tatlıses has been one of Turkey's most prolific recording artists. His twenty-three albums include Ayağında Kundura (which broke all sales records in Turkey in 1978), and Selam Olsun (which focused on traditional folk music played on indigenous instruments}. In recent years, he has also become popular in the Middle East, as well as being famed in countries such as the UK and Germany as the 'Voice of the Homeland' to the Turks living there. BiographyBorn in Urfa to a homeless family, Tatlıses was raised by his Kurdish mother, following his father's death in 1956. music provided an outlet for emotional stress. He began singing at weddings and other celebrations while still in his teens. Although he released an album in 1975, it failed to sell, and Tatlıses temporarily left music. Moving to Istanbul with his family in 1977, he then worked as a salesman until recording his second album, Ayağında Kundura. The success of this album proved to be the launching pad for Tatlıses. An important star during the mid-to-late 1980s, he recorded numerous folk dance hits with the accompaniment of an orchestra, and was recognized as a master of the rural uzun hava style (marked by lengthy, semi-improvised tunes). He stood unsuccessfully as a candidate in the July 2007 Turkish elections. Ibo Show
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