Jale (singer)

Jale Bekar, with her stage name Jale, was born on July 24, 1961 in Aksaray, Istanbul. His father was from Hopa and his mother was from Zonguldak. Jale, who was interested in music from an early age, participated in many music competitions during her middle school and high school years and entered the Golden Microphone Voice Competition in 1979 and came second.

This success gave him the opportunity to take part in musical stages with names such as Nisa Şerezli, Tolga Aşkıner, Göksel Kortay and Kerem Yılmazer. After approximately three years of theater experience, he performed as an orchestra soloist in the social facilities of Fenerbahçe Sports Club for five years. At the same time, he received voice and solfege training from vocal pedagogue Belkıs Aran for fourteen years and graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Surveying Engineering in 1986.

Jale's music career gained momentum when she released her first album called "Süreyya" in 1986. Then, he released the albums "Son Geceler" in 1993, "You Remember Me" in 1994 and "Songs of My Heart" in 1999; In this last album, the songs “Sorry” and “Son Geceler” were included with new arrangements. While he met his fans with his EP named "Mor" in 2011, he continued his presence in the music world with the single "El İnsaf" in 2018. Halis Tümley was his manager in the 1990s.

Jale was also active in the competition scenes; She sang the song "Very Late" in the 1987 Kuşadası Altın Güvercin Music Competition, "Bir Fantastic Aşk" with Seden Gürel in the 1989 Turkey Eurovision Final, and "Sarıl O Hayallere" with Can Uğurluer in 1990. He also interpreted songs such as "Bitti But It Left Its Mark" in Baha's 40-year-old songs project in 2015, and "Ring in Your Ears" with Kürşat Başar in 2016.