Derya Uluğ

Derya Uluğ (born 21 February 1986) is a Turkish singer. Uluğ was born in İzmir in 1986 as one of four siblings and was raised there. She is of Bulgarian Turkish 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 later graduated from Haliç University Conservatory.She worked as Ebru Gündeş's backing vocalist for 3 years, until she decided to start her own music career. She released her first single "Okyanus" (Ocean) 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.