Esengül

Esen Ağan (24 September 1954 – 18 April 1979), better known by her stage name Esengül, was a Turkish singer. Her published works in the 1970s broke sales records in Turkey. At the age of 15, she won a voice contest produced by Ayhan Coşkun. After the success of her first 45 rpm record, Aşkımı Süpürmüşler, she started working in casinos. Her albums were generally produced by Lütfü Sütşurup and released under the label Taç Plâk. She performed as a headliner in famous casinos in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.

Personal life She married Orhan Akçınar in the first years of her career. However, she could not find the balance between the world of casinos and her marital life, and divorced her husband one month after their marriage due to irreconcilable differences. After a while, she married Adnan Şenses. Later she left Şenses and started a relationship with Beşiktaş football player Tayfun Kalkavan. She began to draw the attention of the media and the public with her love life and events such as a shooting in the casino where she was working at. After a while, she became unable to handle this early fame, and her name became associated with a number of shootings. In the incident brought out by İsmail Hacısüleymanoğlu (nicknamed "Oflu İsmail") at the Semiramis Casino named after Semiramis Pekkan, where Esengül was working on 31 March 1979, the owner of the casino Akbulut Karaoğlu and the waiter Hasan Yolal were shot in front of the audience. After the incident, it was said that Esengül was demonstrating inconsistent behavioral patterns.

Death Together with businessman Faruk Özfıratlı, she died in a traffic accident in Ataköy, Bakırköy, on 19 April 1979. After rumors that the accident was caused by mafia members became widespread,

Esengül, who died at the age of 24, released twenty three 45 rpm records and four cassettes during her music career, and also acted in Oksal Pekmezoğlu's movie Yansın Bu Dünya. After her death, her 45 rpm records were gathered as LPs and sold in the music markets. Most of Esengül's songs, which were written and composed by Abdullah Bayşu, Orhan Akdeniz and Ülkü Aker, are among the classics of arabesque music.

Discography 45 rpm Date: 1971 Date: 1971 Date: 1972 Date: 1972 Date: 30 September 1977 Format: 45 rpm1973Çok Geç Olmadan-Taht Kurmuşsun Kalbime Date: 1973 Date: 1973 Date: 1973 Date: 1973 Date: 1973 Date: 1975 Date: 1976 Date: 1976 Date: 1976 Date: 1976 Date: 1977 Format: 45 rpm

Cassette Date: 1975 Date: 1975 Format: MC, LPUzelli Müzik?Beterin Beteri Var Date: Format: MC, LP ?Gel Otur Arkadaşım Date: Format: MC, LP

Posthumous releases Cassette YearAlbumSales and certifications 1980, 1985Sevdiğimin Kurbanıyım Date: 1980/1985 Format: MC, LP 1981Son Hatıram Date: 1981 Format: MC, LP

CD YearAlbumSales and certifications 2005Beterin Beteri Var Date: 16 July 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD 2005Bir Yoksula Rastladım Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD 2005Gel Otur Arkadaşım Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD 2005Uçup Giden Gençliğime Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD