Simge
Turkish pop singer Simge Sağın was born on August 8, 1981, in Şişli, Istanbul.
The daughter of a mother of Albanian descent and a musician father from Amasya,
she began playing guitar at age 12 and later studied Turkish classical music at
the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory. After serving as a background vocalist
for the likes of Gülşen, Yaşar, and Serdar Ortaç, Simge met producer Erdem
Kınay, who worked with her on her 2011 debut EP, Yeni Çıktı. Although the EP
didn't perform as expected (mainly due to a lack of promotion from her label),
it did help her gain some recogniti...
