• Tarkan's full name is Tarkan Tevetoğlu
    
• He was born on October 17, 1972
   
• Tarkan is named after a Robin Hood-like comic book hero
          
• Tarkan was born in Germany and lived there until the age of 14
    
• Then he lived in Turkey for about 8 years
            
• He is currently living in Manhattan (New York) in a luxurious loft
          
• length: 1.74m
           
• weight: 68kg (approximately)
          
• eye color: green-brown
                   
• hair color: black
              
• hobby's: music, painting, sports, literature, girls
              
• examples in music: Prince, James Brown, Elvis, Stevie Wonder, Madonna
     
• Like most Turkish people, Tarkan is a Muslim, but he doesn't live strictly by the rules of the Islam 
      
• Tarkan's family
        
  • mother: Neşe
    father: Ali (passed away in 1995)
    his mother got remarried to Seyhan
          
  • brothers:
      
    • Adnan (38)
    • Hakan (29)
                          
  • sisters:
                    
    • Nuray (35)
    • Gulay (36)
    • Handan (20)
                          
      
• His love-life:
               
  • He has had a few long-term relationships, but currently he would be single (?)
         
  • When he 's in love, he treats his girlfriend like a queen 
                   
  • He would like to have four children one day
              
  • For the time being, music is his big love
                  
    
• He is currently recording new songs for new Turkish album
    
• There are plans for an English album in the future
                             
• Tarkan fulfilled his one month military service from January 15th until February 14th, 2000 
   
• A few years ago, Tarkan did the voice and a song of the Turkish version of the Disney movie "Hercules" 
                                
  
  

 
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