Background
Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father.
Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father.
He graduated in Theatrical Studies from the State Conservatory of Istanbul University.
He starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals. He is also one of the most popular male singers in Turkey. He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel or Nilüfer, before his first album, entitled İbreti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was released in August 14, 1999.
In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor (Ask Maine, Too) for Melih Kıbar"s album entitled Yadıgar.
The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak (Hot) was released in March 3, 2003.
In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy Money). His third album, Dudak Dudağa (Lip to Lip) came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor (Won"t Work Without You) a year later.
The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character.
The series was aired on Show television In June 12, 2007 he released his latest album Kişiye Özel (Personal). Emre Altug is planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the United States. and is about to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre"s voice outstanding and have already started to work on four songs with him. He has been married to Turkish model Çağla Şikel since August 2008.
Sinematürk Data Sheet (Turkish)
Emre Altug interview in Hürriyet (Turkish)
Official sites
The official site of Gülpare (Turkish)
The official site of Sensiz Olmuyor (Turkish)
The official site of Tatli Hayat (Turkish)
Eve giden yol - Production company website (Turkish)
Hasret Official website (Turkish)
The official site of Emre Altug (Turkish).