Ziynet Sali

Ziynet Sali Safter (born April 29, 1975) is a Turkish Cypriot singer. Her later works contain pop elements while her earlier works also had rebetiko and classical Turkish music themes. Sali was born in Nicosia and then moved to England with her family where she obtained British citizenship. She returned to Cyprus in 1981 and completed her education until high school degree in there. In 1994, she moved to Istanbul to study and in 1999, she graduated from the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory. She started to perform as a professional vocalist while studying. Sali made her debut in 2000 with her first studio album released by Dost Music, Ba-Ba, that contains only Turkish songs. Amman Kuzum, her second studio album which was released by Zorba Müzik in 2004 contained Greek songs too. Chiculata+1 (Amman Kuzum), a new edition of Amman Kuzum that also includes "Chiculata" was released by the same record label in 2005, and the next year, her third studio album Mor Yıllar was released by Ozan Video. After release of her third studio album Herkes Evine by DMC in 2008, Bizde Böyle + Herkes Evine, a new version of the same album that also included "Bizde Böyle" was released by DMC. In 2010, her first non-album single "Rüya" was her first song that reached to the first place in Turkish music charts. She continued to work with DMC, and released "Bize Yeter" (2010) and Collection, her first compilation album. In 2012, GNL Entertainment released respectively her fifth studio album Sonsuz Ol and Sonsuz Ol + Remixes, an album that contains Sonsuz Ol and remix versions of some of her former songs. The next year, GNL Entertainment released Sali's first live album Bir Akdeniz Rüyası. Non-album single "Gelemiyorum Yanına" (2013) was her last work with GNL Entertainment before working with DMC again. In 2014, "Bugün Adım Leyla" and her second live album Bugün Adım Leyla were released respectively. After releasing of her sixth and the latest studio album No 6 in 2015, Sali continued her works by releasing four non-album singles, "Ağlar mıyım? Ağlamam" (2017), "Magic" (2017), "Deli Divanenim" (2018), and "Hadi Hoppalara" (2018). "Magic" was her first English song. Sali has received numerous awards and nominations during her career, including two Turkey Music Awards.