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About Fikri Karayel
- Fikri Karayel (born 2 February 1987) is a Turkish Cypriot rock singer and songwriter. He was born in Zodeia, where he lived throughout his childhood.
- He was named after his grandfather, Fikri Karayel, a popular sportsman after whom the local primary school and Fikri Karayel Stadium were named.
- He was inspired and helped by the local band SOS, and he quickly developed a passion for music.
- He started singing at the fifth year of the primary school and had his first performance to a broad audience at the Orange Festival of Morphou.
- He went on to study biochemistry at the Kingston University; meanwhile, he joined the band Refik and started composing songs that became popular.
- He performed before concerts of Turkish bands such as Duman and thus developed a Turkish Cypriot fan base, during this time, he became known in Turkey as Haluk Levent performed one of his songs.His first popular song was "Sehit" ("Martyr").
- "Trenler" ("Trains"), "Hayal Edemezsin" ("You Can't Imagine") and "Morgue" ("Morg") are other popular songs by Karayel; "Hayal Edemezsin" was especially a great hit in Turkey as it became very popular among alternative music listeners, remaining at number 1 on Myspace Turkey for two years.
- In 2014, he performed the soundtrack for the Turkish-Turkish Cypriot movie Seni Seviyorum Adamim ("I Love You Man") and received the best singer award from the Near East University.
- In 2015, he released his first album, Zor Zamanlar ("Hard Times") and gave his first concert in Istanbul, Turkey.
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