Füsun Nalan Açın was born on April 26, 1954, in the Yenimahalle district of Ankara, as the only child of Vasfi and Hasibe Açın. After completing his primary and secondary education at Bahçelievler Alparslan Primary School, Adana Girls' High School and Uşak Trade High School, he worked as an accountant at Şaban Karamancı Iron Drawing Factory, Ahmet Karamancı Oxygen Factory and İnterfarma A.Ş. between 1972 and 1980.
During this period, he stepped onto the theater stage at Ankara Sanatevi; He shared the stage with Erol Demiröz, Savaş Yurttaş, Selçuk Uluergüven and Şener Kökkaya in the musical play called Hamdi Ortadirek. At the same time, he also started bartending in a nightclub.
In 1978, he won 38,700 liras in a horse race and the name of the horse he won was "Scorpion". At that time, when a woman with the nickname "Akrep Nalan" was reported in the newspapers, people around her started to call her "Scorpion", inspired by this name, and this nickname became permanent. Thus, he chose "Akrep Nalân" as his stage name.
In 1980, with the support of Hakkı Çağdaş, he appeared on the professional stage at the Goldfinger nightclub; Then he expanded his audience in venues such as Bodrum Efe Bar, Pirinç Hotel, Ünlü Hotel and Paradise. In Istanbul, he performed in popular nightclubs such as Club 12, Paella, Memos and Küfe.
In 1991, he released his first album called "Dağ Çiçeği" with the support of Vedat Sakman and Halis Tümley and achieved a great breakthrough with this album. Three years later, he released the album "Zil Zurna Sevdalar" with the help of Selim Atakan; In these two albums, songs such as “Fânî Dünya”, “Halikarnas”, “Karlar Düşer”, “Sarhoş”, “Kolay Mı”, “Snow Rained on My Suns”, “Sende Kalsın” stood out.
In 1992, he gave a concert on the same stage with Salvatore Adamo, Ajda Pekkan, Sezen Cumhur Önal and Barış Manço, giving impetus to his music career.
Akrep Nalan, who stepped into acting as well as singing, took part in TV series and films such as "Zirvedekiler" (1994), "Baskül Aile" (1997), "Hayat Bilgisi" (2003-2005), "Peki Olur Şekerim" (2003) and "Aşk Mahkûmu" (2004); She became known to large audiences especially with the character of physical education teacher Fidan Hoca, which she portrayed in "Hayat Bilgisi".
Many songs from the albums he released in 1991 and 1994 were made into video clips; Songs such as "Snow Falls", "Halicarnassus", "Is It Easy?", "Drunk", "Aşiyan", "Call Me", "Mountain Flower", "Mortal World", "Ringing Loves", "Snow Fell on My Suns" and "Let My Childhood Get Well" were also visually presented to the audience.
Füsun Nalan Açın, who passed away at the age of 67 due to respiratory failure in Bodrum on the morning of March 4, 2022, was buried in Torba Cemetery and it was revealed that she donated her entire inheritance to the Nesin Foundation.
Füsun Nalan Açın, popularly known by her stage name Akrep Nalân, (26 April 1954, Ankara - 4 March 2022, Muğla), is a Turkish pop music singer and actress.
Füsun Nalan Açın was born on April 26, 1954, in Yenimahalle district of Ankara, as the only child of Vasfi and Hasibe Açın. She completed secondary school at Bahçelievler Alparslan Primary School and Adana Girls' High School and Uşak Commercial High School in Ankara. Between 1972 and 1980, he worked as an accountant at Şaban Karamancı Iron Drawing Factory, Ahmet Karamancı Oxygen Factory and İnterfarma A.Ş.
During these years, he did theater work at Ankara Art House. He shared the stage with Erol Demiröz, Savaş Yurttaş, Selçuk Uluergüven and Şener Kökkaya in his musical middle play titled Hamdi Ortadirek. During this period, he started working as a bartender in a nightclub.
He received his nickname Scorpio in 1978. He explained how the nickname suited him as follows:
"In 1978, I played horse racing for the first time in my life and won the 6's. I won 38,700 liras. One of the horses was named Scorpio. At that time, there was a lady with the nickname 'Scorpion Nalan' in the headlines of the newspapers. I think people around me were inspired by her and started calling me 'Scorpion'. Then this nickname stuck with me.”
Productions in which he took part
- Life Sciences (2003) — Fidan Teacher
- He's Talking About Talk (1991)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
