Ziynet Sali

Her father who had moved in London from Cyprus in 1963, moved back to Cyprus permanently after meeting with Sali's mother during her visits to the island.

After Sali's birth, the family started to live in London.

Sali obtained British citizenship in that time.

After completing her primary and secondary education in Cyprus following their return to the country, she graduated from the Polatpaşa High School in Lysi.

After her graduation, she became one of the singers of the classical Turkish music choir of the Ministry of National Education and Culture.

Ziynet Sali Safter (born 29 April 1975) is a Turkish-Cypriot singer who also holds British citizenship.

Her later works contain pop elements while her earlier works also had rebetiko and classical Turkish music themes.

Sali was born in Nicosia and then moved to England with her family.

Ziynet Sali Safter was born as one of the three children of a Turkish Cypriot couple on 29 April 1975 in Nicosia, which was the capital of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus at that time.

She returned to Cyprus in 1981 and completed her education until high school degree in there.

In 1994, she moved to Istanbul to study and in 1999, she graduated from the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory.

She started to perform as a professional vocalist while studying.

In 1994, she moved to Istanbul to study in the Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory.

Sali started her professional musical works while she was studying, and graduated from the conservatory in 1999.

After graduating as a music teacher and being unable to find a job, she started to perform in various entertainment venues.

She started to work as a secretary in Dost Müzik in 1999 where she later became a press consultant.

Sali made her debut in 2000 with her first studio album released by Dost Music, Ba-Ba, that contains only Turkish songs.

She made her debut in 2000 with her first studio album Ba-Ba which was released by Dost Müzik.

A music video was produced for the album's lead song, "Ba-Ba".

After this work, she started to take Greek music education and perform Greek language songs too in her live performances.

Amman Kuzum, her second studio album which was released by Zorba Müzik in 2004 contained Greek songs too.

In September 2004, her second studio album that contains Turkish and Greek pop songs Amman Kuzum, was released by Zorba Müzik.

Two songs from the album, "Yürek Yaralı Büyüyor" and "Amman Kuzum" were accompanied by music videos.

Chiculata+1 (Amman Kuzum), a new edition of Amman Kuzum that also includes "Chiculata" was released by the same record label in 2005, and the next year, her third studio album Mor Yıllar was released by Ozan Video.

In 2005, a new version of the album that contains remixed versions of the songs and a new song "Chiculata" were released by Zorba Music as Chiculata+1 (Amman Kuzum).

Her third studio album that was released by Ozan Video in September 2006 contained Greek and Turkish language songs.

Music videos were produced for "Zordur Oğlum" and "Mor Yıllar".

She had a guest appearance as herself in the 100th episode of the Show TV series Cennet Mahallesi, broadcast on 16 December 2006.

"Zordur Oğlum" won the online voting for Eurodance 2007 which was made before the actual event, but couldn't get a place in the competition.

Then, she appeared as a singer in the 21st episode of Arka Sokaklar, a Kanal D series, broadcast on 2 January 2007.

After release of her third studio album Herkes Evine by DMC in 2008, Bizde Böyle + Herkes Evine, a new version of the same album that also included "Bizde Böyle" was released by DMC.

In 2010, her first non-album single "Rüya" was her first song that reached to the first place in Turkish music charts.

She continued to work with DMC, and released "Bize Yeter" (2010) and Collection, her first compilation album.

In 2012, GNL Entertainment released respectively her fifth studio album Sonsuz Ol and Sonsuz Ol + Remixes, an album that contains Sonsuz Ol and remix versions of some of her former songs.

The next year, GNL Entertainment released Sali's first live album Bir Akdeniz Rüyası.

Non-album single "Gelemiyorum Yanına" (2013) was her last work with GNL Entertainment before working with DMC again.

In 2014, "Bugün Adım Leyla" and her second live album Bugün Adım Leyla were released respectively.

After releasing of her sixth and the latest studio album No 6 in 2015, Sali continued her works by releasing four non-album singles, "Ağlar mıyım? Ağlamam" (2017), "Magic" (2017), "Deli Divanenim" (2018), and "Hadi Hoppalara" (2018).

"Magic" was her first English song.

Sali has received numerous awards and nominations during her career, including two Turkey Music Awards.