Zerrin Özer (born November 4, 1957 in Ankara, Turkey) is a famous Turkish pop singer. She is called as Turkey's Janis Joplin by several fans. She has very famous hits such as "Gönül" (Heart), "Dayanamıyorum" (I Can't Stand), "Dünya Tatlısı" (World Sweet) and "Paşa Gönlüm" (My Great Heart)
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She was born in 1957 in Ankara, Turkey. Between 1978-1980 she worked with "İstanbul Gelişim Orchestra" on jazz and dance music projects. In 1980, Özer won a "Golden Album" award with her song "Gönül". In 1982 she performed "Binbir Gece" ("Thousand and one nights") concerts at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. A year later Özer performed in Olympia Hall in Paris. She released "Dayanamıyorum" in 1987 and "Dünya Tatlısı" in 1988. In 1990 Özer married to Alper Önal, but divorced a year later. She won the "Best Album" award once more with album "İşte Ben" in 1991. Her elder sister is Tülay Özer was also singer and was famous in 1970s and 1980s. Tülay Özer recorded the last album in 1993.
In 2000 she released a best-of album named "Bir Zerrin Özer Arşivi". Zerrin Özer married to Levent Süren in 2006 but divorced two years later. She participated Orhan Gencebay ile Bir Ömür ("A Life with Orhan Gencebay" in Turkish), Orhan Gencebay's tribute album and song "Sev Dedi Gözlerim" ("My eyes said love" in Turkish).
