Ziynet Sali

Because of the huge interest on the Greek Music, she started taking Greek language and singing classes, and she enhanced her repertoire with modern and traditional Greek songs. In 2003, with her second release "Aman Kuzum", she was awarded in North Cyprus as the "Artist of the Year". 2003 yılında yayınlanan ve Kıbrıs' ta yılın sanatçısı ödülünü aldığı "Amman Kuzum" isimli albümü ile uzun süre listelerde yer alan sanatçı, 2006 yılında 3. solo albümü "Mor Yıllar" ı yayınladı. Radyoların play listlerinde ve albüm satış listelerinde uzun süre zirvede kalan sanatçı bu albümde yer alan ve yine bir yunan adaptesi olan "Zordur Oğlum" isimli şarkısı ile tüm Avrupa ülkelerini kapsayan "Euro Dance Web" isimli şarkı yarışmasının halk oylamasında 1. sırada yer aldı... As a result of her Greek songs in her albums and in her repertoire, she is admired by the Greek audience and she has given many interviews to the Greek press. She also was invited to Greece many times and performed in several events in Athens and Thessaloniki. Ziynet has created her own style and enjoys the admiration of the public in Turkey. Meanwhile she also enjoys her Greek audience and a lot of Greek musicians want to collaborate with her. Famous Greek songwriter Sofi Pappa is one of them, and she has penned the Greek version of her latest album which is due to be released in Greece soon. In Turkey, the album is released as 2 CD's and the Turkish audience already is enjoying the both versions of the songs. One of the most famous Turkish musicians, Sezen Aksu penned the song "Beş Çayı" (Enas Kafes) for the latest album of Ziynet, and also let Ziynet record her two other classics like "Olmaz Olsun" and "İstanbul İstanbul Olalı" (Kai S'agapw). The other contributers to the album are Sofi Pappa, Erhan Bayrak, Sinan Akçıl (also the composer of the Turkish song "Düm Tek Tek" in Eurovision 2009), Mustafa Ceceli, Cem İyibardakçı and many others. The first video out of the latest album was shot for "Herkes Evine" and was directed by Murad Küçük and it was in heavy rotation among the TV stations in Turkey and North Cyprus. The Greek version of the song is also in the rotation at some Greek channels. The next two videos are shot for "Beş Çayı" and "Hava Hoş". Ziynet has performed at countless concerts and special events in and outside Turkey and she is still going on with her busy schedule for 2009