Background
Ziynet was born in Cyprus on April 29, 1975 to Turkish Cypriot parents.
Ziynet was born in Cyprus on April 29, 1975 to Turkish Cypriot parents.
Her father had been living in the United Kingdom since 1963 and had met her mother once he returned to his native Cyprus whilst he was on holiday. They had three children, of which Ziynet was the only daughter. Soon after she was born, her family emigrated to the United Kingdom as a result of the Cyprus conflict.
She holds both Cypriot and British citizenship.
At the age of six, she returned to Cyprus where she completed her primary, secondary and high school education. In 1994, she moved to Istanbul to study music at the Istanbul Technical University and graduated from the International Telecommunication Union Turkish Music State Conservatory in 1999.