The popular Turkish singer and music writer Tarkan became popular all over Europe at the end of the 90’s. In his music he combines Asian and modern dance motives. In 1999 he recorded and released the "Simarik" hit single, which had a great success and flew up to the top of European dance charts.
In 1999 Tarkan issued his full-length eponymous album, which became very popular in Europe and Asia. In the middle 2000’s the record was re-released in the United States by Universal Music Latino. The record became rather successful in America and attracted much attention of fans of dance music.
