Ali Güven (musician)

Ali Güven is a Turkish pop singer and songwriter, known for his album Yolcu and the song of the same name, which he released in the late 1990s. He wrote the lyrics and music of the songs in his albums and gave compositions to other performers.

He was born on May 31, 1974 in Nuremberg, Germany. He settled in Türkiye permanently with his family when he was eleven years old. After completing primary school, he turned to music education and completed the Turkish Music Instrument Training Department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. In addition to the guitar, he plays tanbur, ney, lute and percussion instruments.

Music career

While performing in bars during his conservatory years, he attracted the attention of Hakan Peker and Feyyaz Kuruş; This meeting paved the way for his professional career. His first album, Yolcu, released in 1997, attracted great attention. The song that gave the album its name was the artist's first video clip and is among the songs that continue to be listened to despite the passing years.

This beginning was followed by My Neck's Debt in 1999, As long as there is Love in 2001, I Moved from Your Heart in 2003 and Karpit in 2004. In the following years, he released the albums S.O.S (2007), Yanmda Ol (2008) and Türkçe Pop (2012). In 2018, he released the single song Aşk; In 2019, the Best of Ali Güven compilation, which brings together selections from his career, was released. In 2022, he appeared before the audience with the single named Damak Tadı.

In June 2023, he appeared as a guest on a 1990s-themed episode of Songs Sing Us. Ali Güven is remembered as one of the names who wrote and sang his own songs and left a mark on Turkish pop music of the 1990s.