Coşkun Demir
Receiving the prestigious “Best Singer” prize from the last Altın Microfon (Golden Microphone) Contest organized by the newspaper Günaydın In 1979 Coşkun Demir began a successful music career and was widely acclaimed with his subsequent works becoming a “classic” of Turkish pop music. Born in Tekirdağ Coşkun Demir after completing his high school education in different cities went to Istanbul to study Electrical Engineering in Istanbul Technical University (ITU). During his universtiy years he founded a music band called Arı Dörtlüsü (Arı Quartet). Although compulsory military service and professional life draw him a little away from music, never fully severed his connection with it. After the Altın Mikrofon Contest his first record is released by Yavuz Plak, gained recognition especially with the song “Sevgiye Tutsak” of Selmi Andak. Subsequently Coşkun Demir put signature under joint projects with Ali Kocatepe and production company 1 Numara and produced his second record “Bize Kalan Nedir” (what Remained to Us). In 1981 he attended the Turkey Finals of Eurovision with the song “Miras” bearing the signature of Ali Kocatepe, yet no independent record of it could be produced due to the predicaments of the Turkish music market. Instead the song appeared in another record called “Dönme Dolap” by Ayşegül Aldinç, the winner of the finals that year.