Pınar Soykan

Pınar Soykan — Biography

Pınar Soykan is a singer whose path ran from teaching through a model contest to music. Her first studio album was the fantasy-style Buğulu Gözler (2014), and she has since released mostly singles. In 2023 she signed with Avrupa Müzik, and she also works with Sooly Music.

She was educated in Kocaeli until 1999 and left teaching, her first profession, after the 1999 earthquake. In 2004 she moved to Istanbul and entered the Best Model of Turkey contest the same year, placing among the top 16. With the help of vocal coach Fatih Ertür she prepared her first release, Kına, which came out in 2011. Three years later Buğulu Gözler was issued by Doğan Music Company, and on it she worked with well-known songwriters such as Yıldız Tilbe and Orhan Ölmez.

After the album she put out singles regularly: Yokum Ben in 2017, Mesela and Yıkılmam in 2018, Üzülme in 2019 and İkimiz Adına in 2020. In 2022 she released a run of songs including Gel Barışalım Artık, Mış Gibi and Zincir; Yoktan Saydım and Onsuzluk followed in 2023, Tortu in 2024, and Yanıldım, Sakla, Yerine and Tıpış Tıpış in 2025. In a 2019 interview she said she was after songs that last.