Seyyal Taner

Who is Seyyal Taner?

Seyyal Taner is a Turkish singer and actress. Although famed for her music, Taner started her career as an actress with appearances in around 40 films. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit, such as "Son Verdim Kalbimin İşine", "Alladı Pulladı", "Şiirimin Dili", "Kırk Yıllık Kani", "Naciye", "Leyla", "Nanay", "Neler Oluyor", "Sen Çok Yaşa", and "Kalbimi Affettim". She has varied her musical style throughout her career, incorporating distinct elements of reggae, rock, new wave, folk, dance and funk into her music. Throughout her career spanning four decades so far she has faced to some challenges to do different things and not to repeat herself. To be more precise, she is a persona doing things without others' approval. She is a person who brought liveliness and innovation to Turkish music and a rebel who made rock music in Alaturca Gazino, Turkish style music hall. Therefore, when somebody mentions about her, the adjectives such as weird, alien, freak, crazy, brave, rebel are used. She stood out not only her voice and songs but also her extraordinary clothes. She is famous for leopard clothes. Besides, she is reckoned as first Turkish singer who simultaneously both sings a song and dances choreographically on stage. She tried to introduce western show to Turkey. She arranged a series of visual and musical shows. Gradually, her look and manner of dressing and her performances started influencing people. Her style became a female fashion trend along 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.