Kenan Dogulu

Kenan Dogulu was born on May 31, 1974 in Turkey. Kenan Dogulu's big-screen debut came with Tatli Hayat - Season 1 directed by Bora Tekay in 2001, strarring 1 episode, 2003. Kenan Dogulu is known for Whisper If I Forget directed by Çagan Irmak, Farah Zeynep Abdullah stars as Hatice (Ayperi) and Mehmet Günsür as Tarik. Kenan Dogulu has got 10 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Kenan Dogulu achieved is Kemal Sunal Culture and Art Award. The upcoming new movie Kenan Dogulu plays is Whisper If I Forget which will be released on Oct 29, 2014.

Kenan Dogulu (born Cihangir, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he was placed fourth, with 163 points.He is second son of Yurdaer Dogulu (1941-87). His father was also a musician and released four albums. At the early age of five, he enrolled into the piano class of the School of Music. Having completed six years of education in the piano class, he started flute classes from Erkan Alpay, his instructor, and continued with guitar classes from Erdem Sökmen. In the meantime, he continued his education in drama and rhythmic instruments, and he carried on singing as a soloist in the children's chorus. Later, he successfully graduated from Culture College and completed the Communications certificate program at Hesser College.His first album, Yaparim Bilirsin was released in August 1993. His second album Simsiki Siki Siki was released in December 1994. The album Kenan Dogulu 3 was released in August 1996. After a two-year hiatus, he released the album Ex Askim in 2001. In 2002, Kenan Dogulu 5.5, the unplugged version of Ex Askim was released. He followed this up in 2003 with the album Demedi Deme. In the summer of 2006, Dogulu released the album Festival, containing the hit single Çakkidi, in collaboration with Sezen Aksu.He represented Turkey at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki with Shake It Up Sekerim. Owing to his third position in the semi-final, he passed to the final where he placed fourth with 163 points. Kenan Dogulu began dating actress Beren Saat in February 2012. Dogulu and Saat became engaged on 23 February 2014 in Istanbul and were married on 29 July 2014 in a private Nikah ceremony in Los Angeles, United States.