Born in Ankara on December 29th, 1981, Turkish pop singer Berkay Şahin, known simply as Berkay, spent his formative years in Izmir where he moved with his mother in 1996. He cut his teeth as a singer performing in the clubs of Bodrum, as well as Antalya, Çeşme, and Kuşadası, before launching his debut in 2010 with first album Ele İnat. That year he was named Best Debut by a Male Artist at the 14th İstanbul FM Golden Awards while 2011 saw him reap an array of accolades, including the Best Debut by a Soloist at the 38th Golden Butterfly Awards. His second studio album, Aşk Melekleri, came in 2014 and he went on to release another four LPs: 2015's Benim Hikayem, 2016's Arabest, 2017's Yansıma, and 2019's İz. In 2018, he received a broken nose and media attention after getting into a brawl with Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan, who received a suspended jail sentence of nearly three years for firing a gun in a hospital following the fight with Berkay.
