ðbrahim Tatlñses (born ðbrahim Tatlñ in 1952) is a Turkish folk singer and former actor of Arab-Kurdish descent. Since the 1970s he has been one of the best-known and most successful singers of the pop Arabesk style. Tatlñses has recorded 42 albums, including notable albums such as AyaÃÂñnda Kundura and Selam Olsun and was the host of the highly popular television programme ðbo Show. He was also a leading actor that appeared in several dozen films, and also has had many business ventures.
ðbrahim Tatlñ was born in Urfa, Turkey to an Arab father and Kurdish mother inside a cave. His mother tongue is Kurdish and Arabic. He lost his father during childhood and did not attend high school. He did not know how to read or write growing up.
ðbrahim Tatlñses is often regarded as one of the best-known singers of Turkey, being so famous that he has the nicknames "ðbo" and "ðmparator". He has had a critically acclaimed and illustrious music career in genres such as Turkish folk music and Arabesk, beginning in 1970 at the age of 18 with his first tape Kara Kñz/Beni Yakma Gel Güzelim. He sold tapes and sang at weddings/restaurants until a producer discovered him in 1976. The following year his album AyaÃÂñnda Kundura, featuring songs such as AyaÃÂñnda Kundura, ðndim Gülüm BaÃÂñna and Kñrmñzñ Kurdele, was a smash hit and propelled him to fame. Some of his earlier songs have Kurdish origin and were translated into Turkish. From then on, the hit albums came one after another, such as the 1983 album Yalan, the 1985 album Mavi Mavi, and the 1987 album Allah Allah. He has recorded a total of 42 albums from 1970 to 2014. His music also took influence from old Armenian folk songs as the writer for his songs was an Armenian named Garo Mafyan.
ðbrahim Tatlñses has appeared in a total of 37 movies/TV shows, beginning in 1978 with Sabuha. In Turkey, well-known singers star in movies with the same name as the album they recently released, and thus the movies include songs from said albums. This is also seen in the 1975 AyaÃÂñnda Kundura, its namesake being his smash-hit album. From there he appeared in numerous movies in the 1980s and 1990s, further cementing him as a famous singer and well-known actor in Turkey. Aside from the cinema industry, Tatlñses hosted the ðbo Show, which aired from 1993 to 2011. He also founded a record and distribution company called Idobay Music in 2000, and in 2019 he transferred ownership of the company Idobay Music to another person who continues to work in the field of music.
Tatlñses married his first wife, Adalet Sara, in Urfa. The couple had three children, a son named Ahmet Salim, and two daughters named Gülà Âen Sara and Gülden Ferrah. In 1979, he began a relationship with his Kara Yazma co-star Perihan Savaà Â. From his marriage to Savaà Â, he has a daughter named Melek Zübeyde. Savaà  and Tatlñses later got divorced. In 1984, it was reported in the media that claims were made by Savaà  that she was beaten for seven hours after being kidnapped by ðbrahim Tatlñses, following which she applied to the prosecutor's office and asked for his arrest. Tatlñses said in his interrogation by the police, "Savaà  is the mother of my child. To let her wander around would make it feel beneath me." From his relationship with his Günah co-star, Derya Tuna, he has a son, named ðbrahim "ðdo" Tatlñses.
After returning from Germany, Tatlñses married Ayà Âegül Yñldñz on 27 September 2011 in the rehabilitation facility where he was receiving treatment. Mayor of à Âià Âli Mustafa Sarñgül officiated the marriage service, while Fatih Terim was the witness. Together the couple had a daughter, named Elif Ada. They divorced in November 2013.
From his relationship with Ià Âñl ÃÂñtak, Tatlñses had a daughter named Dilan ÃÂñtak, who was born in 1989. He acknowledged and accepted her as his child in 2013. In 2021, he announced his relationship with Gülçin Karakaya, who is 43 years his junior.
He was shot in the leg in 1990 and survived an assassination attempt in 1998.
On 14 March 2011, he was attacked and seriously wounded in the head. At 00:30 local time, he and his spokeswoman Buket ÃÂakñcñ were shot at by unknown assailants after leaving the offices of the private Turkish channel Beyaz TV following his weekly television show. As they entered their vehicle, Tatlises was hit with a bullet that entered the back of his skull and exited through the front. ÃÂakñcñ was also hit in the neck, but survived the attack. The perpetrators carried Kalashnikov rifles and escaped in a black car. He was taken to the Acñbadem Hospital in Istanbul for emergency treatment. He was operated on by ðlhan Elmacñ.He underwent a four-hour operation to have the bullet removed, after which he was in stable condition. He regained consciousness five days later. After a week, the doctors announced that he was recovering well. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÃÂan visited him and also announced that he was recovering well. The police in Turkey arrested around 20 people involved in the attack. On April 7, Tatlñses left Acñbadem Hospital with a police escort and travelled to Atatürk International Airport, where he was boarded the Ministry of Health's Hawker 900XP air ambulance for Germany, to receive intensive rehabilitation at the Murnau Trauma Clinic. He was also criticized for his stance on accepting the Armenian Genocide that took place in 1915 which is why many believe was also the cause for the assassination attempt.
In June 2022, Tatlñses's son Ahmet applied to the court to become his father's guardian as he thought his father was not mentally healthy.
Tatlñses is involved in the restaurant and tourism businesses, as well as in construction projects with business partner Ali Sarñyñldñz in Iraq.
In the 1980s the Turkish government had banned the use of Kurdish; at a concert in Sweden in December 1986, he had sung folk songs in Kurdish and was thus prosecuted for separatist propaganda, but found not guilty in 1987. The charge was dismissed after he showed regret. In 1988, he was asked by businessman Mehmet Yñlmaz at a cultural festival in Uà Âak to sing a Kurdish folk song, but refused, saying "I am a Kurd, but the laws ban me from singing in Kurdish". For this, he was indicted on September 19, 1988.
In 1994 there was evidence that Turkish counter-guerrilla organizations targeted Kurdish businessmen, including Tatlñses, ðdris Ozbir, Halis Toprak, and Necdet Ulucan. In 1998 it was reported that Tatlñses offered to be an intermediary between the government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the armed conflict. He recorded a song with Iranian Kurdish musician Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir.
In 2018, he supported the Operation Olive Branch in Afrin laid out by the Turkish Armed Forces against the mainly-Kurdish militia YPG.