Şebnem Paker

Şebnem Paker (born 20 July 1977) is a Turkish guitarist, singer and music teacher.[1][2]

Şebnem Paker
Born (1977-07-20) 20 July 1977
Istanbul, Turkey
GenresPop, blues, folk
Occupation(s)Music teacher, guitarist, singer
Years active1996–present

Biography

She attended the Department of Classical Guitar at Istanbul University State Conservatory between 1992 and 1996. Later, she studied singing at Marmara University Music Department.[2]

Paker represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 and Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Her entry in 1997, the song "Dinle", composed by Levent Çoker and written by Mehtap Alnıtemiz, achieved a 3rd-place result, Turkey's best result in the contest until their first win in 2003. She released her only album, also called Dinle, in August 1997.

In 1998, she once again competed in the national final organized by TRT and expressed the idea to achieve a more successful result at the Eurovision Song Contest every year. However, she could not achieve the success she aimed for, with the song titled "Çal". It was thought to attract the attention of European audiences with its moving melody embellished with ethnic Turkish instruments she used, but did not gain the right to represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest that year.

She graduated from Marmara University Music Education Singing Department in 2000. She has been working as a music teacher since 2004, after working for 4 years in private educational institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education. She was teaching music at Avni Akyol Fine Arts High School in Istanbul until 2018 [3] and has been employed at the Aydın Doğan Fine Arts High School since 2018.[4] She has also coauthored a textbook to be used in art high schools in Turkey.[5]

Paker has been married to Soner Odabaş since 22 September 2012 and the couple has two children.[6]

References
  1. Şebnem'i Dinleyin, Semra Kardeşoğlu, Milliyet, 1997/05/11 in Turkish (Last accessed 5 August 2013). The article mentions that Paker was 20 years old when she achieved third place in 1997 Eurovision contest.
  2. Şebnem Paker Kimdir? in Turkish (Last accessed 12 April 2012).
  3. Website of Avni Akyol Fine Arts and Sports High School in Istanbul, in Turkish (Last accessed 5 August 2013).
  4. "Şebnem PAKER ODABAŞ - Şan Öğretmeni" (in Turkish). Turkish Ministry of National Education, Aydın Doğan High School of Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. Bireysel Ses Eğitimi, Şebnem Paker, Didem Yücel Kırcı, Esin Öztürk, ISBN 978-975-11-3313-7.
  6. "Şebnem Paker on Instagram: "Seninle yol almak ne güzel canımın içi @sonerodabas ❤️ Geleneksel yıldönümü yemeği videosu Vol.10🧿"". 25 September 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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