What is "tarkan"

Tarkan Tevetoğlu (born 17 October 1972), known as Tarkan, is a Turkish pop singer. He was born in West Germany and raised in Turkey. He has released several platinum-selling albums during his career, with an estimated 29 million albums and singles sold. He also produces music through his company HITT Music, which he established in February 1997.

One of few European singers who have managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, he is also noted for his live stage performances. Tarkan's effect on Turkey has been compared by the Washington Post to that of Elvis Presley in the US around 1957 and Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegün described him as one of the best live performers he had ever seen. He has also been listed by Rhapsody as a key artist in the history of European pop music, with his signature song " Şımarık" as a keystone track that moved the genre forward.

Tarkan is a 1999 compilation album by Tarkan, composed of songs released in his 1994 A-Acayipsin and 1997 Ölürüm Sana albums. It was initially released in France in 1998 but due to the success of his single " Şımarık", it was given a wider European release on 1 April 1999, with 14 tracks. Due to its popularity it was re-released with 15 tracks on 27 September in the same year. The sales of this album won Tarkan a Monaco World Music Award.

Tarkan may refer to:

Tarkan is a fictional Hunnic warrior created by Turkish cartoonist Sezgin Burak.

To note, official Turkish historiography considers Huns as ancestral to modern Turks. Earlier Turkish cartoon depictions that heroised Huns were Atilla Geliyor and Atilla'nın Ölümü, created collectively by Şahap Ayhan and Ayhan Erer in late 1940s.

Tarkan is a Turkish given name. It may refer to:

• Tarkan (singer), Turkish pop singer, real name Tarkan Tevetoğlu
• DJ Tarkan, Turkish DJ, real name Tarkan Örs

• Tarkan Bulut, Turkish comedian
• Tarkan Gözübüyük, bass guitarist for Turkish heavy metal band Mezarkabul
• Tarkan Mustafa, English footballer of Turkish descent
• Tarkan Tüzmen, Turkish singer