Nazlı (singer)

Nazlı Mengi (born 20 February 1988) is a Turkish singer, TV presenter and columnist.

Nazlı
Birth nameNazlı Mengi
Born (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988
Manchester, England
GenresPop[1]
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • TV presenter
  • columnist
Years active2009–present
Labels
  • Avrupa Müzik
  • DMC
  • Ossi Müzik
  • Star Odası Production
  • Yazz Records
Associated actsVolga Tamöz

Before she began working as a columnist in Milliyet Cadde, she was worked in the radio and television sectors as an editor and presenter. In 2009, she began her music career with releasing her first studio album Beni Yazın. Since then she has released a number of singles, including Devamında "Rest" (2011), "Saygı Duruşu" (2011), "Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca" (2013), "Aradın mı?" (2014), "Aşk Bile" (2015), "Açık Ara" (2016) and "Hay Şansıma" (2017).

Early life

Nazlı Mengi was born on 20 February 1988 in Manchester as the daughter of Ruhat Mengi and Ahmet Biliktan.[2][3][4][5] She finished her middle and high school education at Saint Michel Fransız High School in Istanbul.[3][5] She later graduated with a degree in finance studies from Istanbul Bilgi University.[3]

Career

Radio, television and journalism

She started her career as a DJ in Kiss FM.[6] She later worked as an editor and then presenter on the politics program Her Açıdan, which aired on Star TV and later on Halk TV.[3][6] After that, she worked as a sports speaker and editor on Kral TV and Spor D, and also worked as a presenter at various organizations.[3][6] In 2009, she began working for Milliyet Cadde as a columnist.[3]

Music career

On 15 June 2009, her first studio album Beni Yazın, was released by Avrupa Müzik.[7] Separate music videos were made of the songs "Beni Yazın", "Kimi Seviyo", "Beni Sevme" and "Görmelisin".[5] In 2010, she was featured on Volga Tamöz's single "Forget" and appeared on its music video.[5] On 24 March 2011, her new single "Rest", which was written and composed by Volga Tamöz, was released by Avrupa Müzik.[7][8] On 13 June 2011, she was chosen as one of the best newcomers at the 38th Golden Butterfly Awards, together with Nil Özalp, Can Bonomo and Berkay.[9]

On 17 May 2012, Yazz Records released her new single "Saygı Duruşu".[7] It was written by Güven Baran, and composed by Emrah Karaduman.[10] On 17 May 2013, Yazz Records released her cover version of "Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca", which was originally written by Barış Manço for his 1989 album Darısı Başınıza; it was recomposed by Erdem Kınay.[7][11] On 14 May 2014, her new song "Aradın mı?" was released by Ossi Müzik for which she collaborated with DJ Cemre Burak. The song was originally written by Serdar Ortaç for Hülya Avşar's 1998 studio album Hayat Böyle.[7][12] Her single "Aşk Bile" was released on 10 June 2015 by Star Odası.[7] It was written by Serdar Ortaça and composed by Erdem Kınay.[13][6] On 25 July 2016, DMC released her new single "Açık Ara", which was written by Ayşen and composed by Kemal Şimşekyay.[7][14] Another single, "Hay Şansıma", was released by DMC on 8 September 2017. It was written by Sinan Akçıl and arranged by Okan Akı.[7][15]

Discography
Studio albums
  • Beni Yazın (2009, Avrupa Müzik)
Singles
  • "Rest" (2011, Avrupa Müzik)
  • "Saygı Duruşu" (2011, Yazz Records)
  • "Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca" (2013, Yazz Records)
  • "Aradın mı?" (2014, ft. Cemre Burak, Ossi Müzik)
  • "Aşk Bile" (2015, Star Odası Production)
  • "Açık Ara" (2016, DMC)
  • "Hay Şansıma" (2017, DMC)
Singles that she contributed to
  • "Forget" (2010, with Volga Tamöz)
gollark: Yes.
gollark: You should make me owner and resolve the entire problem.
gollark: As you have seen, helloboi is a great artist.
gollark: They started a year ago having trouble with basic Python and now write decent C/assembly things.
gollark: HelloBoi is also a weirdly competent programmer.

References
  1. Taş, İlknur (12 February 2010). "Aşk bana çok uzak". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
  2. "Ruhat Mengi kimdir nereli Meral Akşener'in ekranların ünlü sunucu". internethaber. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018.
  3. Gökgez, İsmail (16 January 2018). "Milliyet Cadde yazarı Nazlı Mengi, OnurAkayMedya'ya röportaj verdi!". OnurAkayMedya. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
  4. "Usta gazeteciler Ruhat ve Güngör Mengi'nin kızları Nazlı Mengi radyocu oldu!.. Nazlı Mengi Radyo İlaç'ta "Futbol Aşkına" adlı spor programını yapıyor!.. Mengi, geçtiğimiz hafta Hakan Ünsal'ı programında ağırladı!". Uçan Kuş. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. "Nazlı". Radyo Kampüs. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. "Ne Gazetecilikten Ne De Şarkıcılıktan Vazgeçiyor". Vitae. June 2015.
  7. "Nazlı (Mengi)". Turkpopmuzik.net. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.
  8. "Yeni Single : Nazlı "Rest"". Sözmüzik.com. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014.
  9. "Altın Kelebek'ler sahiplerini buldu". Hürriyet. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
  10. "Nazlı 'Saygı Duruşu'nda!". Sabah. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
  11. Çalışkan, Mehmet (10 July 2013). "'Doğukan benimle gurur duydu'". Haberturk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  12. "Dj Cemre Burak Ft Nazlı'dan 2014 Model "Aradın mı?"". Haberler.com. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014.
  13. "Nazlı Mengi'den yaza özel şarkı". SacitAslan.com. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  14. "Nazlı'dan 'Açık Ara'". Gecce. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
  15. "Nazlı'dan Sinan Akçıl şarkısı!". Gecce. 12 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
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