Mehmet Metin Arolu was born on May 28, 1965 in Izmir. His mother, Nazire Arolu, was a Circassian, and his father was Hasan İzzet Arolu, a bank manager born in Istanbul. The son of poet Ali Mümtaz Arolu, he shares the same family tree with well-known names such as his grandfather Hasan İzzet Pasha, his uncle journalist Osman Saffet Arolu and his cousin architect Emre Arolu.
After graduating from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in Izmir, he settled in Istanbul to focus on the world of music and cinema, following the death of his older brother Demir Arolu in a traffic accident.
Metin Arolu, who started working as an assistant director under Osman Üstündağ at an advertising agency in Istanbul, made a name for himself when one of his short films was awarded the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. He went to America for a short time and studied advertising at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and then returned to Turkey and took part in Tarkan's music video shooting team. During this period, he proved himself with both directing and music productions.
Metin Arolu, who passed away as a result of a heart attack during a stage performance in Kadıköy on September 21, 2024, was buried in Örnekköy Cemetery in Karşıyaka district of İzmir on September 23.
The artist left his mark on his music career with the singles "Ayrılık Olmaz" in 1995, "Yine Bir Başıma" in 1998, "Kabul Et" in 2005, "Lütfen Yaz Gelsin" in 2010, and the albums " Çok Öte Ötesi" in the same year and "Karavan" in 2014. Arolu, who has composed and written lyrics for a total of 95 works, has composed songs such as "Eyvahlar Olsun", "Gamzelim", "Man of the Nights", "My Heart is Wounded", "What Happens Don't Go", "Farewell", "Accept It", "Goodbye", as well as "Before Your Eyes", "Screams Without You", "Disgrace", "It's Not Enough", He also wrote lyrics for songs such as "Don't Follow the Devil".
Arolu, also known as a director, directed Tarkan's "Kuzu Kuzu" video in 2000 and directed Gülşen's "Bangır Bangır" and "Lollipop" clips. He also composed the soundtracks of the songs "Karavan" for the TV series MedCezir and "Dert Not" for the TV series Akşam and left his mark in the world of cinema and television with these works.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 6 productions in total; The 4 most well-known ones are listed.
- Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Winner
- Slum (2010)
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Nominee
- Sing It With Me (2019) — Self - Jury Member
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
