Gülçin Ergül

Gülçin Ergül is a pop singer, songwriter and composer. She became known in the mid-2000s as the lead vocalist of the girl group Hepsi and left the group in 2009 to start her solo career. Notable Gülçin Ergül songs include "Ara Ara", "Bir Tanecik Aşkım", "Ağlat Beni", "Harabeyim", "Drama Queen" and, from the Hepsi era, "Olmaz Oğlan" and "Yalan". Besides singing, she is a dance-trained choreographer and a yin yoga teacher.

Education and early stage work

She was born in Istanbul on 30 October 1985. She studied piano at the Pera Fine Arts Academy and, as a child, took part in several stage productions with the State Opera and Ballet's Children's Ballet and Children's Choir at the Atatürk Cultural Centre. She completed secondary and high school at the Ballet Department of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory and earned her undergraduate degree in the same conservatory's Modern Dance programme. She took private singing lessons during her high school years.

The Hepsi years

She was the lead vocalist of Hepsi, which she founded with Cemre Kemer, Yasemin Yürük and Eren Bakıcı. The group released the albums Hepsi 1 (2005), Hepsi 2 (2006) and Şaka (10+1) (2008), as well as the EP Tempo (2006). Hepsi toured with Sezen Aksu in 2006 and with Kenan Doğulu in 2007, and at the Kral TV Video Music Awards won best new pop group in 2005 and best pop group from 2006 to 2008. Ergül played the character "Gülçin" for two seasons in the TV series Hepsi 1, broadcast on Show TV and atv. She left the group in 2009.

Solo career: from Bravo to Arabesk

Her first solo release, the mini album Bravo, came out in 2011; its first video, "Ara Ara", reached number one on the Billboard Türkiye chart. After Bir Tanecik Aşkım, released on Arpej Yapım in 2015, she released the single "Harabeyim" (2016), with lyrics and music of her own. Her duet "Ağlat Beni", from Harun Kolçak's album Çeyrek Asır, reached a wide audience. In 2017 she recorded joint songs with Tuna Kiremitçi, Sinan Ceceli and What Da Funk. In August 2018 she released Arabesk, a 12-track album reinterpreting songs by Müslüm Gürses, İbrahim Tatlıses, Kibariye and Esengül with arrangements by What Da Funk.

Davet, Invitation and television

In 2019–2020 she served as a judge for two seasons on the singing competition Benimle Söyle. She released her fourth studio album Davet on 30 October 2020 and the eight-track English-language album Invitation on 16 April 2021, both on Arpej Yapım; both entered the iTunes Türkiye chart at number one. In 2020 she made a guest appearance in the series Yasak Elma and released the single "Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun". Gülçin Ergül albums comprise Bravo, Bir Tanecik Aşkım, Arabesk, Davet and Invitation.

Recent work

Following "Gökyüzü Çağırdı Aşkı" (2022) and the Drama Queen EP (March 2023), she released "Bir Başka", "Uslanmazsın", "90'ların Aşıkları" and "Yekte" with Anıl Şallıel in 2024. In 2025 she released the single "Savaşçı" and the English-language EP Silver Lining. In early 2026 she released new versions of "Ara Ara" and "Bir Tanecik Aşkım" and the single "Hayırlarım Anlatır".