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ATA or Ata may refer to:

• Ata (name), people with the first name or family name

Education[link]

• Ashcroft Technology Academy, Wandsworth, London, England
• Advanced Technologies Academy, a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Asia Theological Association
• Alberta Teachers' Association, Canada
• Automotive Technician Accreditation, scheme in the UK for vehicle mechanics

Science, technology, and medicine[link]

• Anti-transglutaminase antibodies, in certain autoimmune diseases
• AT Attachment (ATA/ATAPI), the old name of Parallel ATA, an older interface for computer storage devices
• Allen Telescope Array, for astronomical observations and search for extraterrestrial intelligence
• Analog telephone adapter, a device for connecting analog telephones to a Voice-over-IP system
• Atmosphere absolute, a unit of expressing partial pressure of gases at depth; see Atmosphere (unit)
• American Telemedicine Association
• American Thyroid Association

Sports[link]

• American Taekwondo Association
• Amateur Trapshooting Association
• Archery Trade Association
• A.T.A. (Greenland)

Organizations[link]

• Africa Travel Association, an international travel industry trade association
• Albanian Telegraphic Agency, Albanian national news organisation
• American Topical Association, a philatelic organization
• American Translators Association
• Association of Talent Agents, Los Angeles
• Atlantic Treaty Association
• Aberri Ta Askatasuna, the original name for ETA, the Basque nationalist organization
• Artists' Television Access a non-profit microcinema and art gallery in San Francisco

Places[link]

• Antarctica using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
• Áta, a village in Hungary

Transportation[link]

• ATA Airlines, an American airline operating from 1973 to 2008
• ATA Holdings, now Global Aviation Holdings, owner of ATA Airlines
• ATA Cruiser, a civil utility aircraft built by Adams-Toman Aircraft Co in the 1920s
• Air Transport Association of America, former name of Airlines for America
• Air Transport Auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force
• American Trucking Associations
• Actual Time of Arrival, when a vehicle arrived - see Estimated time of arrival
• ATA Carnet, an international customs document for importing goods

Other uses[link]

• ATA gene, Ancient Technology Activation Gene, in the Stargate science fiction TV series

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "ATA"
• All pages with titles containing "ATA"

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Ata Demirer (born July 6, 1972 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish filmmaker and stand-up comedian famous for a string of Turkish box-office hits including Berlin Kaplanı (2012), Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011), Eyyvah Eyvah (2010) as well as being one of the top 10 standup comedians in Turkey.^[1][2]

Biography[link]

Demirer, who demonstrated a talent for music at an early age, studied at Bursa Boy's High School before transferring in his final year and graduating with honours from Çelebi Mehmet High School. After leaving school he found work, with the help of his brothers, as a night club pianist. In 1991, he moved to Istanbul after being accepted on a music course at the Turkish State Conservatory at Istanbul Technical University. During his studies he started performing stand-up in bars and befriended Gökhan Semiz of Turkish comedy troop Vitamin Group and sang on their single Turkish Cowboys. His first professional performances were organised with the assistance of E.Ş.EK Theatre Group founder Uğur Uludağ and while performing in musical theater with the group in Asos he was offered the lead role in the 1995 production of Funny Money (Komik Para) at the Dormen Theatre. That same year he also founded and toured with the Ege Kumpanya orchestral group as well as continuing to perform stand-up.

In 1998 he impressed the organisers at Leman Kültür with recordings of his earlier shows and they staged his show Tek Kişilik Dev Kadro which consisted mostly of impersonations of Turkish celebrities such as actor Kadir İnanır and singers Bülent Ersoy and Emrah. After more than 1000 performances the show transferred successfully to television with Star TV's 42-episode run of Korsan TV (2001) written, produced and presented by Demirer. He subsequently joined the cast of Star TV's Tatlı Hayat (2001-04), the Turkish version of US television sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985) and began his film career, alongside future Eyyvah Eyvah co-star Demet Akbağ, in the supporting cast of Where's Firuze? (Neredesin Firuze?) and Vizontele Tuuba (both 2004). He greatest success came with a three-season run from 2004 to 2006 as the loveable Volkan in the popular Cannal D sitcom Avrupa Yakası, which also lead to his first cinematic lead role as Güngör in Neco Çelik's Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika (2006). During this time he also continued his music career with the release of the studio album Makara (2005) and the four-track maxi-single Exit (2006) as well as the TV show Hacıyatmaz (2007).

In April 2007, he started a stand-up tour called Ata Demirer Show which he took around Turkey and to Holland, Germany and France. Upon returning from his tour he took the lead role of Sultan Osman VII in Gani Müjde's hit comedy The Ottoman Republic (Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti), which was the fourth highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008, and returned as Volkan for the final two seasons of Avrupa Yakası from 2008 to 2009. After the series finished, he wrote and co-starred with Demet Akbağ in Hakan Algül's Eyyvah Eyvah (2010) and Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011), which were the highest-grossing Turkish films of their respective years. His latest film Berlin Kaplanı (2012) also debuted at number one in the weekly Turkish box office.

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

• "Makara"
• "Exit (Maxi Single)"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ata Demirer at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography at Biyografi.info (Turkish)

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Candan Erçetin, (born 10 February 1963 in Kırklareli) is a Turkish singer and songwriter.

Biography[link]

Candan Erçetin was born on 10 February 1963 in Kırklareli, Turkey in an Albanian family. She studied at Lycée de Galatasaray, and graduated from Istanbul University with a degree in Archaeology. In 1991, she graduated from Istanbul Municipal Music School where she studied classical opera. She represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 which was held in Bergen, Norway as a member of Klips ve Onlar with the song "Halley". She had taken the place of Seden Gürel, who was the member of the group but didn't go in order to complete her final exams in Architecture at ITU. She taught music in Lycée de Galatasaray for many years. Presently, as well as continuing to perform, she works as a lecturer at Galatasaray University Law Faculty.

Musical career[link]

In January 1996, she completed her first solo album "Hazırım" ("I'm Ready") based on Thracian themes. In the same year, she received an award from Alem FM music radio for her album being one of the best selling Turkish pop albums of the year. In July 1996, she released her best selling single EP "Sevdim Sevilmedim", the first ever Turkish remix album. In June 1997 she released her second album entitled "Çapkın" ("Womanizer") using ethnic music and her own compositions. The song "Yalan" ("Lie") from this album won the Istanbul FM "Most Requested Song" award. In September 1998 her remix EP "Oyalama Artık" ("Don't Put It Off Anymore") was released, followed by her third album, "Elbette" ("Of Course") in January 2000. This album would go on to become the best-selling album of the year.

In August 2001, she released a limited edition remix album entitled "Unut Sevme" ("Forget, Don't Love") with the artist's autograph on every cover. In June 2002, her fourth album entitled "Neden" ("Why") was released including mostly her own compositions. She followed this in March 2003 with an album of French chansons with new musical arrangements - "Candan chante hier pour aujourd'hui" ("Candan Sings Yesterday For Today"). During the same year, she released a remix album including the songs "Neden" and a new song named "Yazık Oldu" ("Spoiled"). The song was included in the soundtrack of a Gori Varta movie jointly produced by Bosnia, Serbia, Austria, and Turkey. Her next album, "Melek" ("Angel"), was released in June of the following year.

In the first half of the year 2005 she played in a musical called "Yıldızların Altında" ("Under The Stars") about old Turkish movies. In it, she co-starred with Beyazıt Öztürk, Rasim Öztekin, Ragıp Savaş, Nurhan Damcıoğlu and Orhan Aydın. Later that year she released a new remix album entitled "Remix'5". This album included 9 remix versions of 6 songs from "Melek" ("Angel") and a new song called "Sevdim Anladım" ("I Understood That I Loved") adapted from the Academy Award nominated Vois Sur Ton Chemin from the movie Les Choristes.

In January 2006, in the 10th year of her music career, she released the album "Aman Doktor" ("Oh, Doctor!"), which consisted of old, common Turkish-Greek melodies, sung in both languages.

Her most recently released album is "Kırık Kalpler Durağında" ("At Broken Heart Station"), which came out in December, 2009.

Television career[link]

In 1994, she hosted a TV Magazine programme called "Kol Düğmeleri" ("Cufflinks") on Kanal D which ran for 17 weeks. Her next production came in 1995, when she hosted a talk show called "Randevu" ("Rendezvous") for the music channel Number One. This show ran five days a week at prime time for 13 weeks. This was followed in May 2001 by a weekly TV show named "Günlük Hayat" ("Daily Life") on the NTV news channel for 13 weeks.

Since March 2007 she has been presenting her own music programme called "Candan Erçetin'le Beraber ve Solo Şarkılar" ("Songs With Candan Erçetin and Solo Performances") by TRT in which she hosts a singer and performs both by herself and together with the guest singer. The songs she sings follow a weekly theme.

Notable concerts and national awards[link]

In May 1998 she gave a concert in Bremen Glocke Concert Hall followed in June 1998 by the "premier concert" of the 2nd Bosphorus Festival with the Cemal Reşit Rey Symphony Orchestra at the Open Air Theatre in Istanbul. She followed this with two concerts in Holland, one in Utrecht and the other one at Amsterdam Paradiso Concert Hall in autumn of the same year. In June 1999 she gave solo concerts in Frankfurt and Morocco.

In October 1998, the video clip for her song "Her Aşk Bitermiş" ("Every Love Finishes") won the French music channel MCM's "Best Direction" award in the Second Mediterranean Video Music Awards.

Every year in summer she opens the concert series "Most Production", and the closing concert is frequently given by her as well.

Discography[link]

• Hazırım (1995) (English: I'm Ready)
• Sevdim Sevilmedim (1996) English: I Loved But Wasn't Loved
• Çapkın English: Womanizer (1997)
• Oyalama Artık (1998) (English: Don't Put Off Anymore)
• Elbette (2000) (English: Of Course )
• Unut Sevme (2001) (English: Forget, Don't Love )
• Neden (2002) (English: Why )
• Chante Hier Pour Aujourd'hui (2003) (In French)
• Remix (2003)
• Melek (2004) (English: Angel )
• Remix'5 (2005)
• Aman Doktor (2005) English: Oh, Doctor! (In Turkish and Greek)
• Kırık Kalpler Durağında (2009) (English: Broken Hearts Station)
• Aranjman 2011 (2011) (In French and Turkish)

See also[link]

• Music of Turkey
• Pop folk
• Southeastern European music
• Turkish pop music

References[link]

• Biyografi.info - Candan Erçetin (Turkish)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Candan Erçetin

• Official website
• Candan Erçetin Fan Club

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Rıdvan Dilmen

Personal information
Full name	Rıdvan Dilmen
Date of birth	(1962-08-15) August 15, 1962 (age 49)
Place of birth	Nazilli, Turkey
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, Winger
Senior career*
Years	'Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1977-1979	Sümerspor	12	(5)
1979-1980	Muğlaspor	10	(3)
1980-1983	Boluspor	58	(20)
1983-1987	Sarıyer	96	(43)
1987-1995	Fenerbahçe	239	(81)
–	Career	415 '	(152 )
National team
	Turkey	29	(5)
Teams managed
1998-1999	Vanspor
1999-2000	Fenerbahçe
2000-2001	Altay S.K.
2001-2002	Adanaspor
2002-2003	Karşıyaka SK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rıdvan Dilmen (born on August 15, 1962 in Aydın) is a former Turkish footballer who most notably played for Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. During his career Rıdvan established himself as one of the most skilled players of the Turkish Super League. He was either an attacking midfielder or an out and out striker. Although he stated on numerous occasions his dislike for it, he was given the nickname "Şeytan Rıdvan" ("Rıdvan the Devil") mostly for his wits, immense speed with the ball and stupendous fakes. Since retiring as a player, Rıdvan coached several teams before becoming a highly respected color commentator, analyst and sportswriter.

Playing career[link]

Dilmen made his debut with Aydın Sümerspor in 1977. He transferred to Muğlaspor for 25 footballs in 1979 and then became a renowned player for Boluspor between 1980-1983. After playing for Sarıyer between 1983–1987, he signed for Fenerbahçe and fulfilled his dream.

He was the main actor of the 1988-89 Turkish League season, which Fenerbahçe won the title with 103 goals in 36 matches. In the 1988-1989 season, he scored 19 goals and made 41 assists. After getting injured in 1990 against Trabzonspor by the Serbian defender Miodrag Ješić, he never fully recovered. Rıdvan failed to fulfill the expectations expected of him due to consistent injuries, which required sixteen operations. He retired in 1995 after painful years of injuries. He is one of the symbol players not only for Fenerbahçe but for Turkish football also. The reason that his name is not as well-known worldwide are that he seldom had the chance to prove himself on the big international occasions. The Turkish national side for which he played, mostly in the 80s, was a no-hoper and Fenerbahçe's status on the European club stage was scarcely different.

Dilmen made 24 appearances for the Turkey national football team from 1984 to 1992.^[1]

Managerial career[link]

Dilmen worked as a manager for Vanspor in 1997-98 season. When he started, although it was almost mid season, Vanspor had zero points. His club finished the season as champions of Turkish Second League. He then became Fenerbahçe football teams manager in 2000. However, his stay only lasted five weeks. He resigned as Fenerbahçe was eliminated from UEFA Cup at an early stage. Dilmen was also employed as a manager for Altay SK and Adanaspor and Karşıyaka SK. So far, he doesn't have a successful managing career as he was expected to deliver.

Commentating career[link]

Ridvan Dilmen is a commentator at NTV Spor NTV Spor and a colomnist at Sabah Newspaper Sabah (newspaper), in the same time he’s doing bet guesswork at Fanatik Newspaper. He is a narrator at Star TV for the important Champions League matches. Mr Dilmen, says “it will be goal” some seconds before the goal during the match, and it shows that he still has an ability of feeling the possible goal occasions. He transferred to Sabah Newspaper Sabah (newspaper) on 1 August 2010. Rıdvan Dilmen is one of the best and most popular commentator for Turkey.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rıdvan Dilmen on Playerhistory.com