İbrahim Erkal

İbrahim Erkal (1 January 1965 – 11 May 2017) was a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. Under the name İbrahim Güzelses, he released his first album in 1984. In 1994, he re-released the album under his own name.

In 1994, he released , and in 1995 . His third album, , was released in 1996. The album has sold 1.4 million copies. Erkal was among the best-selling musicians of 1996 in Turkey and "" was one of the most popular songs. In 1997, he starred in the TV movie . The film ranked first in the ratings. In 1997, he played in based on the same movie. His fourth album, , was released in 1998. It sold 2.2 million copies, and was the second best-selling album of 1998 in Turkey. Erkal starred in a TV series at the end of 1998.

In 2000 he published the album , selling 1 million copies. (2001), (2002), (2004) and (2006) were all released under the Ulus Music label. In 2006, he left Ulus Music and released two albums afterwards. In 2015 he published his album Nefes 1.

On 12 April 2017, Erkal lost his balance due to low blood pressure and hit his head against the floor and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. He was hospitalized and put under intensive care.^[1] On 9 May, it was reported that he had been diagnosed with brain death, yet the vital functions of his heart and other organs were sustained, depending on the external life support.^{[citation needed]} Erkal died on 11 May 2017 at Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hospital in Istanbul.^[2][3] On 13 May 2017, his funeral was held at Marmara İlahiyat Mosque and his body was later buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery.^[4]

Discography[]

• (1994)
• (1995)
• (1996)
• (1998)
• (2000)
• (2001)
• (2002)
• (2004)
• (2006)
• (2008)
• (2011)
• (2015)
• (2017)

Other albums

• (1984) - "under the name İbrahim Güzelses"
• (1994) - "for Galatasaray"

Filmography[]

Film

• (1997)

Television

• (1997–98)
• (1998–99)
• (2006) "Guest cast"

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website