Gülümse

Gülümse
Studio album by Sezen Aksu
Released	16 July 1991
Genre	Pop
Label	Coşkun Plak
Sezen Aksu chronology
Sezen Aksu Söylüyor (1989) Gülümse (1991) Deli Kızın Türküsü (1993)
Singles from Gülümse
"Hadi Bakalım" "Herşeyi Yak" "Seni Kimler Aldı" "Tutsak" "Ne Kavgam Bitti Ne Sevdam" "Gülümse" "Namus" "Vazgeçtim"

Gülümse is Sezen Aksu's Turkish release and her most commercially successful album in Turkey. The album sold more than 1.7 million and is one of the best-selling Turkish album.^[1][2] Sezen Aksu on this album again worked with Onno Tunç and Aysel Gürel.

Track listing

1. "Hadi Bakalım" (4:56) (lyrics: Aysel Gürel, music: Onno Tunç)
2. "Tutsak" (6:28) (lyrics: Onat Kutlar, Ece Aksoy, Ersin Salman, Sezen Aksu, Onno Tunç; music: Onno Tunç)
3. "Ne Kavgam Bitti Ne Sevdam" (3:28) (lyrics: Aysel Gürel, music: Onno Tunç)
4. "Gülümse" (5:03) (poetry: Kemal Burkay, music: Arto Tunçboyacıyan)
5. "Güllerim Soldu" (4:31) (lyrics: Sezen Aksu, music: Sezen Aksu)
6. "Vazgeçtim" (5:09) (lyrics: Sezen Aksu, music: Ara Dinkjian)
7. "Her Şeyi Yak" (5:14) (lyrics: Sezen Aksu, music: Tanos Mikruçikos)
8. "Namus" (3:56) (lyrics: Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, music: Arto Tunçboyacıyan)
9. "Seni Kimler Aldı?" (3:28) (lyrics: Sezen Aksu, music: Sezen Aksu)
10. "Değer mi?" (3:25) (lyrics: Aysel Gürel, music: Onno Tunç)

Hit singles

• 1991 - Hadi Bakalım (Turkey: 29 July 1991) (4:56)

Personnel

• Onno Tunç: all that except for the following instruments and regulations (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10)
• Sertab Erener - Vocal (1,7)
• Levent Yüksel - Vocal (1,7)
• Seden Gurel - Vocal (1,7)
• Arto Tunçboyacıyan - Percussion instruments (2,3,4,5,8) Vocal (2,3,4,8)
• Ahmet Kadri Rizeli - Classic kemenche (4)
• Tamer Pınarbaşı - Law (4)
• Ara Dinkjian - Ud (6)
• Celal Bağlan: darbuka (7)
• Seyfi Hayta: Def (7)
• Serdar Erbaşı: Hollo, Bender (7)
• Reyhan Dinletir: Bongo (7)
• İlyas Tetik: Violin (7)
• Ergin Kızılay: Ud (7)
• Atilla Özdemiroğlu - Instruments and regulations (7)
• Sevingül Bahadır: Vocal (7)
• Ercan Irmak: Ney, Kavala (9)
• Özkan Uğur - Bass Guitar (9)
• Fuat Güner - Acoustic Guitars, Musical Instruments and regulations (9)
• Orhan Topçuoğlu - Percussion instruments (10)

Charts

Year	Single	Charts
		TUR
1991	"Hadi Bakalım"	1
1992	"Ne Kavgam Bitti Ne Sevdam"	1
1992	"Gülümse"	1

References

1. "10 yılın tiraj rekortmenleri". Milliyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Milliyet. 12 April 2000.
2. "Sezen: Winging her way to stardom". Hürriyet Daily News. 14 August 1996.

External links

• Sezen Aksu official website
• Gülümse, iTunes