Aydilge

Aydilge Sarp (born June 25, 1979) is a Turkish writer, poet and singer-songwriter. Aydilge Sarp was born in 1979 in Kütahya, Turkey. Her Circassian mother, Faika Özer writes poetry and novels, with a release of more than ten books. Aydilge passed the entrance exam to the TRT Radio Children's Choir (TRT Radyosu Çocuk Korusu) when she was eight years old. At the age of 14 she was given her first electric guitar and started composing her own songs. Later she performed in bars while she attended secondary school at Türk Eğitim Derneği Ankara Koleji. After having completed her studies of American Culture and Literature in Başkent University in Ankara Aydilge moved to Istanbul where she studied Radio, Television and Cinema at Istanbul University.