Biography:

Mehmet Metin Arolat [ 1 ] (28 May 1972, İzmir [ 2 ] – 20 September 2024, İstanbul ), Turkish singer and director.

His mother is Circassian , his father is a bank manager and is of Istanbul origin. His paternal great-grandfather is Hasan İzzet Pasha , and his grandfather is the famous Turkish poet Ali Mümtaz Arolat . His uncle is journalist Osman Saffet Arolat, and his cousin is architect Emre Arolat . [ 3 ] He graduated from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. When his older brother Demir Arolat died in a traffic accident, [ 4 ] he moved to Istanbul after graduation to become a director and make music.

He started his career in Istanbul as an assistant director at Osman Üstündağ’s advertising agency. A short film he worked on won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival . He went to America for a while and studied advertising at the University of Illinois in Chicago . [ 5 ] Later, when he returned to Turkey, he started working in the team that shot Tarkan ‘s music videos.

He died of a heart attack while on stage in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul on September 20, 2024. [ 6 ]

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