Serhat (singer)

Serhat
Serhat performing during 2015 Golden Butterfly Awards (November 2015).
Born	Ahmet Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu (1964-10-24) October 24, 1964 (age 52) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation	Singer producer television presenter
Years active	1994–present
Website	www.serhatofficial.com
Musical career
Genres	Pop Dance Latin
Labels	End Music Planetworks CAP-Sounds

Ahmet Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu (born October 24, 1964), known as Serhat, is a Turkish singer, producer and television presenter.

Born and raised in Istanbul, Serhat started his producing career by establishing his own company in 1994, End Productions. In the same year, he also started to produce and host a quiz show on TRT called Riziko! (Turkish version of the American quiz show Jeopardy!). In 1997, with his first single, "Rüya-Ben Bir Daha", his musical career began. Beside his other hosting and producing works, he continued his musical career and released "Total Disguise" (duet with Viktor Lazlo) in 2004, "Chocolate Flavour" in 2006, "I Was So Lonely", "No No Never (Moscow-Istanbul)" and "Ya + Ti" (Russian version of "Total Disguise", all of three songs were duets with Tamara Gverdtsiteli) in 2008 and "Je m'adore" in 2014. He represented San Marino in Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in singing "I Didn't Know" on May 10, 2016 in the first semi final of Eurovision, but failed to qualify for the May 14 final.

Serhat was born on October 24, 1964 in İstanbul, Turkey. His father, İsmail Hakkı, was a naval officer who was born in Trabzon where his mother was born, too. He attended a primary school in İcadiye, Üsküdar, and then Deutsche Schule Istanbul (German High School) in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. He graduated from Faculty of Dentistry of Istanbul University in 1988. In 1990, he completed two months of compulsory military service in Burdur.