Derya Uluğ

Derya Uluğ (born 21 February 1986, Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish singer and songwriter. She was born in Izmir in 1986 as one of four siblings and was raised there. Derya is of Bulgarian and Albanian origin. From her childhood, she was interested in music and at the age of 8 took part in a music competition. She studied music and violin at the Muğla University and graduated from Haliç University Conservatory. After Derya worked as Ebru Gündeş's backing vocalist for 3 years, until she decided to start her own music career. She rose to fame with the release of her first single "Okyanus" in 2016. The song was written by herself and Asil Gök, and composed by Burak Yeter. On 13 November 2016, Uluğ won the "Best Newcomer Soloist" award at the 43rd Golden Butterfly Awards. In 2023 she release her first solo album "Nefes".