Editing Kayahan (section)

==Career==
He became known for his songs "Geceler" ("Nights"), "Kar Taneleri" ("Snow Flakes"), "Esmer Günler" ("Brunette Days"), which were sung by [[Nilüfer Yumlu|Nilüfer]], all becoming later classical.<ref name="s1"/>

His album ''Yemin Ettim'' (I Swore), released on 3 June 1991, became a bestseller. He coined a motto "Yolu sevgiden geçen herkesle bir gün bir yerde buluşuruz" (One day, we will meet everyone somewhere, whose path goes through love". He wrote and composed also songs for children, and appeared in television shows for children.

On 30 April 1992, he released the album ''Odalarda Işıksızım'' (Lightless in the Rooms). Ten songs of Kayahan in the album titled ''Son Şarkılarım'' (My Last Songs), released by the label Raks Müzik in March 1993, became very successful. He continued his career with the albums ''Benim Penceremden'' (''From My Window''), released in January 1995. The song "Allah'ım Neydi Günahım" ("God, What Was My Sin?") has been sung by many singers, and brought him great success. With this album, he introduced to the music world a new, young and talented singer, İpek Tüter, whom he married later in 1999.<ref name="s1"/>

Kayahan's 1996 album, ''Canımın Yaprakları'' (''Leaves of My Life'') had eight songs and expressed "Allah kimseyi sevgisiz bırakmasın" (May God not leave anyone without love), emphasizing the concept "love" with "Sevgisiz hiçbir şey yapılmaz. Herşeyin başı sevgidir" (Nothing can be done without love. The beginning of everything is love). The next year, he released the album ''Emrin Olur'' (Your Call). His ninth album ''Beni Azad Et'' (Set Me Free) came out in April 1999, and featured nine songs, some of them becoming hits. Among them was a song, "[[Gömeç]]", the name of a seaside resort in [[Balıkesir Province]], where he has a residence with a special music studio and where he spent most of his summer time.<ref name="ch1"/> The album ''Gönül Sayfam'' (My Soul's Page), released 26 November 2000, containing the songs "17 Ağustos" (17 August) commemorating the [[1999 İzmit earthquake|earthquake of 17 August 1999]] and "Ninni" (Lullaby) for his new-born daughter Aslı Gönül. In ''Ne Oldu Can'' (What Happened Dear), released 17 December 2002, Kayahan emphasized the importance of the musicians and artists with his song "Bugün Aslında Bayram" (Today Is Indeed, Feastday), he wrote in memory of the late singer-songwriter [[Barış Manço]].<ref name="s1"/>

Kayahan received his first important award "Altın Portakal" (Golden Orange) with the song "Geceler" (Nights) at the 1986 International Mediterranean Music Contest. He represented Turkey at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990]] with his song "[[Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim]]" (I'm captive in your eyes), which came 17th. In 2003, he was honored with the Altın Kelebek (Golden Butterfly), and the MÜYAP (Music Producers Association) award for the bestselling-success of the album ''Ne Oldu Can''. He released ''Kelebeğin Şansı'' (The Luck of the Butterfly) in 2005, and ''Biriciğime'' (To My One and Only) on 15 March 2007.<ref name="s1"/> He performed many concerts in Turkey and abroad. For his [[open-air concert]] held at [[Kızılay Meydanı|Kızılay Square]] in [[Ankara]] on the occasion of the [[Republic Day (Turkey)|Republic Day]] in 1992, a crowd of about 160,000 people came together. Kayahan performed many relief benefit concerts to create or increase awareness about the environment.<ref name="s1"/>