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Nuray Hafiftaş (born 1964 in Çıldır, Azerbaijani family, Ardahan Province, Turkey) is a Turkish folk singer.
Soon after her birth, her family moved to Istanbul, where Hafiftaş received her primary and secondary education at Taksim school. After that, she continued her higher education at the State Conservatoire which is part of the Istanbul Technical University (ITU).
After graduation, Nuray Hafiftaş continued her professional life as performer at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatoire for four years. At the same time she signed a four-year contract with Radio Istanbul to perform as a singer.
Up to the present date Nuray Hafiftaş has released more than 13 vocal albums of Turkish folk music. At the same time, Hafiftaş has become famous through her music and lyrical compositions in traditional style (over 100 pieces of music), in which she tries to incorporate new sounds and uses of instruments.
Nuray Hafiftaş - voice sample -
Here is a list of her released albums, mainly in Turkey:
Yaradan Aşkına Güneş, 1988
Dön İki Gözüm Güneş, 1989
Dilanım Güneş, 1990
Divane Gönlüm Destan, 1990
Turquie Aşık MCM, 1991
Atılmaz Sevda Güneş, 1991
Arada Bir NetSes, 1992
Dinle NetSes, 1993
Şimdi Oldu ASM, 1994
Eline Düştüm Mert, 1996
Eyvah Gönül Prestij, 2000
Leyli Leyli Prestij, 2002
Sılayı Ver Ateş, 2005
^ "Salihli'de Çiftçiler, Nuray Hafiftaş'ın Türküleriyle Eğlendi" [Farmers Salihli, Nuray Hafiftaş'ın had fun folk songs]. Beyaz Gazette (in Turkish). May 16, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
^ "Hafiftaş serbest kaldı" [Hafiftas was free]. Internet Haber (in Turkish). August 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
Song
Composer: Eldar Mansurov
Poet: Piruz Dilenchi