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Bergen

Throughout her successful yet brief career, Turkish pop singer Bergen became both one of the most celebrated pop singers of her generation and one of the most representative cases of violence against women in her native Turkey. Born Belgin Sarılmışer on July 15, 1958, in the city of Mersin, she began singing and playing mandolin during her primary school days in Ankara. After studying piano and cello for two years at the Ankara State Conservatory, she was forced to abandon her studies due to financial difficulties. In the late 70s, she relocated to Adana and took a job as a singe...