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 Singer, sonwriter and painter. Born in Küçük Kaymakli, Nicosia in 1949, Feridun Işıman
got his firts encounter with music when he was young. During his secondary
education he was involved in the school choirs and the school orchestra.
After completion of his secondary studies in Cyprus, he studied Fine Arts
(Painting) at the Gazi
University in Ankara, Turkey. During his studies at Gazi, Işıman joined a student band
Meçhuller which performed at many
student gatherings at there.
Upon finishing his degree and returning to Cyprus, Işıman opened an atelier
and started to paint. But it was a time of inter-communal difficulties, and
he left Cyprus for Finland where he worked first as a theatre stage decorator,
and then as an arts teacher at a Finnish school.
In 1975, he returned to his native Cyprus once more, permanently. He started
working as an arts teacher in Güzelyurt where he has been for the past 19 years.
Işıman also worked in the State Classical Music Choir as a
chorister. In 1983
he opened his first painting exhibition as member of the Tandewalt group.
During this time he also got it contact with the popular Turkish-Cypriot band Gazi Set and was offered to work with them. So Işıman became the lead
singer of the group as well as playing the guitar in the group. However, after
a few years of together, Gazi Set broke up and Işıman joined with the
other 3 members of the group (Halil Akansel, Hasip and Aygun) creating the
successful new band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Güzelyurt Gelişim.
Later, with the joining to , of Mustafa Tozaki, the group was strengthened and
had some hit songs such as "Vasiyet", "Gelmesem de Olur",
"Sevgiliye" and "Yok edin".
It was in 1987 that the group's fame reached beyond the Cyprus to Turkey, where
they performed successfully at the International Mediterranean Song Contest in
Antalya, with their song "Sevgiliye". This song continues to be the groups
most popular song until now. Feridun Isiman and Mustafa Tozaki are currently
in the process of releasing their solo-casettes. Although there have been rumours
in the Turkish Cypriot magazine media that the moves of the two band members
releasing their singles points to a future breakdown of Güzelyurt Gelişim,
both artists and the group have denounced such rumours.
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