Aleyna Tilki

Aleyna Tilki — Biography

Aleyna Tilki is a Turkish singer, songwriter and actress born on March 28, 2000 in Konya. The daughter of a Russian father and a Turkish mother, Tilki first made her name as a child by reaching the semi-finals of the talent show Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye.

Her real breakthrough came in 2016 with Cevapsız Çınlama, recorded with Emrah Karaduman; its video entered the ranks of the most-watched clips by a Turkish artist. Her first solo single Sen Olsan Bari (2017) topped the charts. In the following years she released singles such as Yalan, Sır and Başıma Belasın, as well as the English-language tracks Retrograde and Real Love, and in 2021 she sang songs for İşte Bu Benim Masalım. She released her album Kırlar in August 2025, and in the summer of 2026 stayed in the headlines with a performance in Paris and a meeting with Selda Bağcan in Bodrum.