Barış Akarsu
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| Born | June 29, 1979 in Zonguldak, Turkey |
| Origin | Bartın, Turkey |
| Died | July 4, 2007 in Bodrum, Turkey |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Electric Guitar |
| Years active | 2004 - 2007 |
| Label(s) | Seyhan Müzik |
| Website | [2] |
Barış Akarsu (June 29, 1979 Amasra, Zonguldak - July 4, 2007 Bodrum, Muğla) was a Turkish rock musician and actor who reached fame after winning the television series Akademi Türkiye (Academy Turkey) in July 2004. He released two studio albums in three years. He is also the star of the comedy television series Yalancı Yarim (My Lying Lover) which is being aired on Star TV.
On his way from a benefit concert for children, he was seriously injured in a car accident on his birthday, 29 June 2007, leaving most of his vital parts disabled. On 4 July 2007, he died of the consequences of the accident at the age of 28.
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[edit] Early Life
Akarsu grew up in his hometown Amasra in the north of Turkey's Black Sea region. He was a huge fan of rock music in general, listening to music from Ruhi Su, Cem Karaca and Barış Manço as well as Western acts like Led Zeppelin or U2.
Growing up, friends and Akarsu gathered at the seaside of Amasra to chat and sing songs while playing guitar. There, Akarsu formed his early ties with singing and playing instruments. Music always played a crucial part in his life. His other big ambition was tae kwon do, a branch of martial arts, and basketball.[1]
[edit] Music career
- See also: Barış Akarsu Discography
Before reaching fame with his musical and acting projects, Akarsu worked as an animator and musician in Antalya's seaside. Later, he went to Karadeniz Ereğli giving concerts in a number of bars, television and radio shows before joining Academy Turkey. Shortly after winning the show, he moved to Istanbul to continue and further his career.
His first album Islak Islak strengthened his popularity, thanks to the cover version of the famous Cem Karaca song with the same name. The album also contains the song Amasra with which Barış pays tribute to his hometown and local fans. His second album was released in the summer of 2006. Its name is Düşmeden Bulutlara Koşmam Gerek and contains the lead single Vurdum En Dibe Kadar. Barış Akarsu was working on his third album.
[edit] TV series
Akarsu's first and only appearance as an actor is in the popular comedy series Yalancı Yarim. It was designed as a funny summer program but after its success and requests from fans, producers continued the shootings of new episodes. In the show, Akarsu portrays a wealthy young man, Tarık Tekelioğlu, who goes to Italy for his education but rather becomes the most successful rally driver. His father, the owner of a bank, finds out the truth about his son and Tarık is forced to come back and stay in Turkey in order to work and pay off his education debts to his father.
Thus, with a false surname, Tarık applies for a job as driver for Naz, whose father needs a loan for his business which he receives from the bank of Tarık's father - with the help of Tarık who provides Naz's father with inside knowledge of his father's preferences and dislikes also resulting in both men becoming friends. In the process, Tarık gets the job as driver and he and Naz fall in love with each other, however, neither wants to be the first to admit such to the other.
[edit] Death
On June 29, 2007, Akarsu and two friends were on their way to a celebration party for his birthday in Bodrum. Their car collided with a truck at an intersection with no traffic lights. The driver of the car, Zeynep Koçak (his ex-girlfriend )[2], and passenger Nalan Kahraman died on the day of the accident. Barış Akarsu was transported to a hospital with severe injuries. On July 4, 2007, Akarsu died due to complications arising from the accident.
The location of the accident is a crossroads at the end of a long and straight downhill grade. As a result of protests decrying the lack of traffic lights at that dangerous intersection, new lights have been installed. [3]
