Müzeyyen Senar

Müzeyyen Senar (b. July 16, 1918 - d. February 8, 2015) was a Turkish singer of Ottoman classical music. Born in Bursa, she moved to Istanbul when she was ten years old, growing up in Üsküdar. She stuttered as a child, but found refuge in singing. When she was six years old, she already knew all the popular Turkish folk songs by heart. When she moved with her mother to Istanbul she entered the Anatolia (Üsküdar) Musical Society in 1931, which was later followed by further training at the Society of Oriental Music.