Ozan Çolakoğlu

Ozan Çolakoğlu was born in Adana, Turkey, in 1972. He attended the Berklee College of Music^[4][5][6] and his career started with Tarkan's first album called Yine Sensiz. Besides working continuously with the Turkish pop idol, he also contributed to the albums of notable artists like Nil Karaibrahimgil,^[7] Murat Boz or the well-known all-female Turkish rock band, Pin-up.^[8] In the music world, he is also known for his remixes under the name Ozinga.^[5]

He arranged "Every Way That I Can", the song Sertab Erener won the Eurovision contest with.^[9][10] Years later, he would arrange another Eurovision hit, "Düm Tek Tek," written by his friend Sinan Akçıl.

Ozan Çolakoğlu is also credited for co-writing several of Tarkan's songs, including the second (European) version of "Şımarık."

Apart from Tarkan, he worked for Nilüfer (albums Karar Verdim and Hayal, single "Zalimin Kararı"), Bendeniz, Deniz Seki, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Ümit Sayın, Pınar Aylin, Gökçe, Yaşar, Çelik Erişçi, Özgün, Kızlar, Tan Taşçi (song "İşaret"), Sibel Can (song "Çantada Keklik"), Gülşen (complete album Önsöz). His works include the scores of popular movies like G.O.R.A., Sınav or Organize İşler.^[11]

Studio albums

• 01 (2012) (sales: 72,998)^[12]