Aydilge Turkish Singer From Kütahya

Early life

Aydilge Sarp, who performs under the single name Aydilge, is a Turkish singer-songwriter, composer, writer and poet. She was born on 25 June 1979 in Kütahya, Turkey. When she was eight years old she passed the entrance exam for the children's choir of TRT Radio. At fourteen she was given her first electric guitar and began composing songs of her own. During her secondary school years at the Türk Eğitim Derneği Ankara Koleji she performed in bars.

Her university studies took her through two cities. She completed a degree in American culture and literature at Başkent University in Ankara, and then moved to Istanbul, where she studied radio, television and cinema at Istanbul University.

Career

Aydilge's first published work was literary rather than musical. In 1998 she released a volume of short stories titled Kalemimin Ucundaki Düşler, which can be rendered in English as Thoughts From My Pen. Her first novel, Bulimia Sokağı, followed in 2002, and a second novel, Altın Aşk Vuruşu, appeared in 2004. A further novel, Aşk Notası, was published in 2011 by Artemis Yayınları.

Her music career began with the album Küçük Şarkı Evreni, released by EMI in April 2006. She wrote the lyrics and composed the music herself, and the songs combine rock with Eastern melodies. Her music is described as pop rock, and Dokuz Sekiz Müzik is listed as one of her labels. Her later albums include Sobe in 2009, Kilit in 2011, Yalnızlıkla Yaptım in 2013 and Kendi Yoluma Gidiyorum in 2018. In 2020 she released an acoustic collection under the title Evden Canlı Canlı, Vol. 2, which reworks songs from across her catalogue, among them Yalnız Değilsin, Sade Şarkı and Akşam Çöktü Kalbime.

Alongside her albums, she has released a long run of singles. Takıntı came out in 2010, followed in 2011 by Akıllı Bir Deli and Sorma. Later releases include Kaçsam Ege'ye in 2012, Aşka Gel in 2014, and Yangın Var and Gelevera Deresi in 2015. In 2016 she released Gel Sarıl Bana and Aşk Olmak, and in 2017 Yo Yo Yo. The single Gece Uyku Tutmazsa appeared in 2018.

Her singles in 2019 included Aşk Yüzünden, recorded with Halil Sezai, along with Hayat Şaşırtır! and Bir Ayda Unutursun, a collaboration with Sehabe. In 2020 she released Yalnızlık Masalı, Nasıl İnansam? and Bir Kedim Var, and in 2021 Parmak İzlerin, with Birol Namoğlu, and Bal Gibi. Releases in 2022 included Kendimi Kırdım Ben, İki Keklik, Umudum Var and Sözlerin Bittiği Yer. She also contributed Gecenin Haberi Var to a volume of the Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları series that year.

More recent work includes Keskin Bıçak in 2023 and Sahte Öpüşler, recorded that year with Evrencan Gündüz. In 2024 she released Ben Geldim, Yaren Leylek and İçime Düştü Ateş, the last in collaboration with Anıl Piyancı.