Atilla Taş
Atilla Taş (born 1975) is a Turkish singer. His first album Kırmızılım was released in 1998, with "Ham Çökelek" released as a popular single.
In October 2012, Taş's release of a cover of Gangnam Style called Yam Yam Style (Cannibal Style) caused some Turkish social media outlets to claim in jest that Taş was actually Greek and named "Athillas Thasos".[1][2] This jesting continued in 2013 when an online petition proposed that Taş should be selected to represent Turkey at Eurovision, as Turkey has withdrawn from that competition over dissatisfaction with its rules.[3]
Tas also drew front page headlines in Turkey in 1999 when it was reported that he knew how David Copperfield performed one of his illusions.[4][5]
In February 2014, a humorous video project Tas did with Samsung received over one million views in two days.[6]
References
- ↑ (14 October 2012). Social media campaign tries to brand Turkish song as Greek, Hürriyet Daily News
- ↑ (22 October 2012). Erol Köse'den Attila Taş ve Doğuş Yorumu Archived May 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., SpotHaber (in Turkish)
- ↑ (17 September 2013). 'Eurovision'a Atilla Taş'la katılalım' kampanyası, Milliyet
- ↑ (27 November 1999). 13 Turk'u yok etti, Milliyet
- ↑ Atilla Taş: “Dünyada iğdiş edilmeden bu sesi çıkaran 7 kişiden biriyim!”, HT Hayat
- ↑ (19 February 2014). Samsung'dan Sevgililer Günü'nde Atilla Tas Sürprizi, Haberler.com