Nazan Öncel (born February 6, 1956 Izmir) is one of the most famous and influential artists pop scene in Turkey Over the years she has written and composed songs for many younger artists including Emel Tarkan İbrahim Tatlıses Sibel Can, Özcan Deniz and GU; lşen She has also continued to make their own album without a break, some of her compositions have been huge hits mainly Tarkan's "HUP" and together with the success of her latest album Nazan Öncel has been a respected place in the pop culture of Turkey
Aside from her earliest editions, which is very rare today, she has six major albums dating from 1992 to 2004, but despite scoring some major hits from time to time she has never been very popular, it was not förränhEnnes latest album (Yan Yana Photographer Çektirelim - We have our photo taken alongside 2004) that she really began to be recognized by the public, this semi-fame and select audience is surely connected to her reclusiveness as an artist and her alternative identity in the pop scene
Except for the first two albums that are identical in structure and style, none of her albums has a distinct musical style, she has tried to rock and classical Turkish music with modern elements, these musical experiments and her unique lyrics have earned her a respected open-minded audience through the years
Two of her songs from the album "Demir Leblebi" (The Iron Chickpea 1999) has been banned because of the language used and the subject One of the songs was an autobiographical confessiom att be abused by her father when she was a child,
is Nazan Öncel known for his unique lyrics more than anything, she is known to use plain everyday language instead of "high-class Turkish language used by other artists, her lyrics despite to always be about feelings or relationships are never too romantic or too politically correct, almost all if not all of her lyrics are known to be bitter but the songs she has prepared for other artists is one of the characteristics of her style Recently she was "softening" the bitter quality of her songs of happy and colorful wild melodies
