Tuna Kiremitçi
Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, composer, poet and crime writer. He was born in Eskişehir, Turkey. His songs often reflect the troubles of ordinary people, the complexities of relationships, and the sadness and happiness of aging. He is influenced by romantic irony in Turkish literature.
In the 1990s he sang and wrote for the rock group Kumdan Kaleler, which released the album Denize Doğru in 1996. His first solo album, Kendi Halinde, came out in 2007. He later teamed up with the rock group Atlas on the album Selam Yabancı (2013) as a soloist and songwriter, and they released the EP Bir Uyumsuz Bulut in 2015.
In 2010 there were reports of a police operation involving a prostitution network, and he was said to be called to testify, but there is no such statement in police records. In 2013 he adapted the novel Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var into a film, starring Engin Altan Düzyatan and Özgü Namal. In 2014 the stage play Dualar Kalıcıdır premiered with Nurseli İdiz as the lead.
Kiremitçi’s books have been translated into 16 languages. He has a son and a daughter. He also worked as a journalist for Cumhuriyet and wrote for Hürriyet’s Kelebek section from 2010 to 2012, and for Aydınlık in 2013–2014. Since 2020 he has written crime novel reviews for Gazete Oksijen. In 2016 he said he would focus on music and poetry, and released the album Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları in 2017, featuring many guest singers. The album was well received and won a Golden Butterfly Award in 2019. In 2021 he published the detective novel Mezun Cinayetleri (Graduate Murders) with Doğan Kitap, which critics praised for its confident storytelling. He is a graduate student in the Cinema-Tv Department at MSGSÜ.
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