Sertab Erener celebrates 25th anniversary in music

Set to mark her 25th year in music in 2017, Sertab Erener, one of Turkey's biggest pop stars, continues to come up with new material, recently releasing her new album "Kırık Kalpler Albümü" (The Broken Hearts Album). The album of love songs has a largely acoustic approach with simple but deeply felt lyrics. 

Erener recently shot her second music video for the song "Olsun" (Let It Be), which has lyrics penned by fellow singer Can Bonomo and music by Emre Kula. Kula's powerful arrangements grab the listener throughout the whole new album, which Erener confesses is one of her deepest albums to date. 

As her career turns 25 years old next year, Erener has built up an iron bond with listeners in Turkey. Throughout her entire long career, many of her songs have accompanied our heart breaks, and her latest album is no different. 

Ahead of Erener's 25th year in music, we talked about her many plans to celebrate, her new album, her songs, her latest projects, and more.

Your new album, The Broken Hearts Album, is full of break-up songs. Can we also say it is a kind of "purification of heartbreak"? 

Coming up with a concept album is rare and also very hard. When I made up my mind about recording this album, I had no such idea in mind. But throughout the process, in the middle of the work, I realized that all the songs had a common theme. Everything just happened like that. All the songs focused on the same emotion and the same status: Breaking up. This spontaneity, without pursuing a plan, means a lot to me.  It would be lovely for people to listen to this album and get rid of their heartbreaks, comforting themselves.

The album's acoustic approach is as sincere as the lyrics. How do you describe the...