of birth (6 December) has been celebrated as the Turkish Art Music Day since 2012. Illness and death During the last 6 years of his life, Müren was away from the scenes and the media due to heart disease and diabetes. He was retired at his house in Bodrum. He described this period as a time for "listening to oneself". On 24 September 1996, during the ceremony held for him at TRT İzmir Television, he had a heart attack and died. His funeral ceremony was attended by a large number of people. His body was taken to his birth place, Bursa, and buried in Emirsultan Cemetery. He left all his assets in his will to the Turkish Education Foundation and Mehmetçik Foundation. TEV and Mehmetçik Foundation built Zeki Müren Fine Arts Anatolian High School in Bursa in 2002. In a statement on 24 September 2016, TEV Bursa branch president Mehmet Çalışkan said that the foundation had helped 2,631 students with the Zeki Müren Scholarship Fund over the last 20 years. After his death, the house in which the artist lived in Bodrum for the last years of his life was transformed into Zeki Müren Art Museum by the order of the Ministry of Culture and was opened to the public on 8 June 2000. It was visited by more than 200 thousand people between its opening on 8 June 2000 and December 2006. In popular culture On 6 December 2018, a Google Doodle was displayed to celebrate his 87th birthday. Discography Studio albums Albums published during his lifetime Singles Compilation albums Albums released abroad Duo albums Albums released posthumously 2000: Muazzez Abacı ve Zeki Müren Düet 2002: Zeki Müren: 1955-1963 Kayıtları 2005: Selahattin Pınar Şarkıları 2005: Sadettin Kaynak Şarkıları 2006: Batmayan Güneş 2008: Baş Başa Radyo Günleri 1 2008: Baş Başa Radyo Günleri 2 2008: Baş Başa Radyo Günleri 3 2009: Lunapark Konseri 2009: Saklı Kayıtlar 1952-1984 In addition to these, there are 12 other albums attributed to Zeki Müren published during 1968–1974 by Grafson Plak. Filmography International titles are given in parentheses. Others See also Turkish classical music Turkish music References External links Türk Sanat Müziğinin Güneşi Zeki Müren Kimdir? Life story video of Zeki Müren Discography of Zeki Müren A sample of Müren's music on YouTube 1931 births 1996 deaths People from Bursa Turkish classical singers Turkish singer-songwriters State Artists of Turkey 20th-century Turkish male singers People with