Melike Tarhan (born 3 March 1978 in Ghent) is a Belgian-Turkish musical artist. Education Tarhan was a scholarship student at Humboldt University in Berlin and graduated from Ghent University's English and German language department in 2002. Career While in Berlin, she took singing lessons from Claudia Herr, and took lessons in Indian singing techniques with Mahabub Khan'dan. In 2004 at Ghent University, she studied under the Italian singing teacher Mireille Capelle, and in 2005-2006 she participated in courses with Guidon Sax in the Conservatory of Ghent. Albums April 2004, her first album, called Macar, was released in Paris on the Long Distance / Harmonia label. The album is named after Macar, a boy from the village of Emirdağ. He goes away to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign, part of World War I. His mother sees him in a dream, returning home on a white horse and handing his sword on the wall. The boy never returns. Çanakkale nerde Suvermez nerde Her ana dayanmaz bu zalım derde Ahmed'in babasız eğlenmez evde Yoksa yavrum seni vurdular m'ola Kefensiz gabire goydular m'ola Hücum etmiş Alamanın zabiti Yavrumun kefeni asker kabutu Salına girmeye yoktur tabutu Yoksa yavrum seni vurdular m'ola Kefensiz gabire goydular m'ola References External links Official personal site 1978 births Living people Belgian people of Turkish descent Musicians from Ghent Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Ghent University alumni 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish women singers