Famous People with Name Karaca

Karacaoglan            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Karacaoglan: is a 17th century Turkish folk poet and ashik. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown but it is widely accepted that he was born around 1606 and died around 1680. He lived around the city of Mut near Mersin. His poetry gave a vivid picture of nature, and village life, in Anatolia settlements. This kind of folk poetry, as distinct from the poetry of the Ottoman palace, was rediscovered only after the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 and then became an important influence on modern lyric poetry, with Karacaoglan being its foremost exponent.

Cem Karaca            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Cem Karaca: was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.He was the only child of Irma Felekyan (Toto Karaca) of Armenian origin[1], a popular opera, thatre and movie actress, and Mehmet Ibrahim Karaca of Azeri origin

Yasin Karaca            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Yasin Karaca: a Belgian footballer of Turkish descent who currently plays for Sivasspor. He can play as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. He spent the second half of the 2007-2008 season on loan at Yeni Kirsehirspor in TFF Second League. He spent a few weeks on trial with Galatasaray during the winter break of 2002-03 season.[4] He is a product of Anderlecht youth system, but he could never make it to the big scene so far although he was capped several times for Turkish national football team in youth levels.

Isin Karaca            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Isin Karaca: a Turkish Cypriot pop singer. She was born in London. She continued her musical life after she graduated London IV King Edward School with a theatre major. She has worked with various musicians, and has 3 albums.She began her musical career as vocalist of Sezen Aksu, Queen of Turkish Pop Music. In 1997, she performed some songs in Turkish translation of Disney's Hercules' Soundtrack. She also make the Turkish translations of this album. In 1999 she became the leading vocal of "Panic Attack"[1]. But, group doesn't released any albums. Then the group separated their ways. In 2000 she competed in Eurovision Song Contest Turkey pre-eliminations with "Bir Kirik Sevda". She couldn't pass pre-eliminations for Eurovision but she represented Turkey in OGAE Second Chance Contest and became 7th with 104 points.

Jem Paul Karacan            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Jem Paul Karacan: is an English-born Turkish professional football midfielder, currently playing for Reading.Karacan joined Reading's Youth Academy at a young age. On 6 July 2007, he signed a two year professional contract with Reading, and made his debut against Luton Town on the 26th of August in the League Cup, getting on the scoresheet.