Mustafa Ceceli facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mustafa Ceceli
Ceceli in 2012
Born	(1980-11-02) 2 November 1980 (age 44) Ankara, Turkey
Occupation	Singer-songwriter arranger Record producer
Spouse(s)	Sinem Gedik ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2017)​ Selin İmer ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Piano guitar goblet drum drums keyboards percussion
Years active	2003–present
Labels	DMC

Mustafa Ceceli (Turkish pronunciation: [mustaˌfa dʒedʒeˈli]; born 2 November 1980) is a famous Turkish singer, songwriter, and music producer. He was born in Ankara, Turkey. He is well-known for his pop music and has created many hit songs.

Career Journey

Mustafa Ceceli's musical journey began when he played in a high school band. After high school, he first studied at Ankara University. Later, he changed his path and attended Yeditepe University to study management.

His professional music career really started after he met Ozan Doğulu. He also worked on music arrangements for the famous singer Sezen Aksu. An "arrangement" in music means changing a song to make it sound different. This might involve adding new instruments or changing the rhythm.

Mustafa Ceceli released his first music album, named Mustafa Ceceli, in 2009. Since then, he has helped create or perform over twenty songs. Many of these songs reached the top ten in Turkish music charts.

He has won the prestigious Turkey Music Awards twice. He received awards for "Best Album" and "Best Male Artist." These awards were given to him in 2010 and 2014.

In 2018, Mustafa Ceceli composed a special song called "The Turkey Anthem." He created the melody for this song at the request of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The song was for a national campaign.

Music Albums and Songs

Mustafa Ceceli has released many albums and singles throughout his career.

Albums

He has released several studio albums, which are collections of new songs.

Studio albums

• 2009: Mustafa Ceceli
• 2012: Es
• 2014: Kalpten
• 2015: Aşk İçin Gelmişiz
• 2017: Zincirimi Kırdı Aşk
• 2023: İyi ki Sen Varsın

He also has compilation albums, which bring together songs from different times.

Compilation albums

• 2013: Mustafa Ceceli 5. Yıl
• 2016: Mustafa Ceceli Koleksiyon

Mustafa Ceceli has also released remix albums. These albums feature his songs that have been changed to sound different, often with new beats.

Remixes

• 2010: Mustafa Ceceli Remixes
• 2011: Eksik Remix 2011
• 2012: Es+ Remixes

He has also released EPs, which are shorter than full albums.

EPs

• 2017: Simsiyah

Singles

Singles are individual songs released on their own. Mustafa Ceceli has released many songs as the main artist.

As lead artist

He has also been featured on other artists' songs.

As featured artist

• "Unutamam" (with Enbe Orkestrası) (2007)
• "Hata" (with Ozan Doğulu) (2010)
• "Eksik" (with Enbe Orkestrası and Elvan Günaydın) (2010)
• "Haram Geceler" (with Ozan Doğulu) (2014)
• "Sarı Saçlarından Sen Suçlusun" (2014)
• "Aşığız" and "Mavi Mavi" (with Sinan Ceceli) (2017)
• "Sana Değer" (2018)
• "Düşünme Hiç" (2019)
• "Çok Sevmek Yasaklanmalı" (with İrem Derici and Sinan Akçıl) (2020)
• "Eve Giremiyorum" (with Sinan Akçıl) (2020)
• "İçime Atıyorum" (with Ziynet Sali) (2021)
• "Durum Çok Acil" (with Sinan Akçıl and Merve Özbey) (2022)
• "Beni Unut" (2022)
• "Efkâr Gecesi" (with İrem Derici and Sinan Akçıl) (2023)
• "İnsafsız" (with Irmak Arıcı) (2023)

Mustafa Ceceli has also performed duets with other singers.

Other duets

• "Şeker" (with Ravi İncigöz) (2014)
• "Kış Masalı" (with Sibel Can) (2014)
• "Untuk Cinta" (with Siti) (2016)
• "Aşk Haklıyı Seçmiyor" (with Sera Tokdemir) (2018)
• "Mühür" (with Irmak Arıcı) (2019)
• "Ben de Özledim" (with Bahadır Tatlıöz, Aydın Kurtoğlu, and Gülden) (2020)
• "Dünya" (with Tohi and Sinan Akçıl) (2020)
• "Şeref" (with Serdem Coşkun) (2023)
• "İstanbul Ankara" (with Azat Taş) (2024)

He has also released international songs.

International

*This song did not appear in the main Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but in the "bubbling under" Ultratip charts.

Charts

Many of Mustafa Ceceli's songs have been very popular and have appeared on music charts.

Television Appearances

Mustafa Ceceli has also appeared on television shows.

• O Ses Çocuklar – He was a judge on this singing competition for children in 2014.
• Kapışma – He was also a judge on this show in 2015.