# Mercan Dede

> Mercan Dede, also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish-Canadian composer, ney and bendir player, DJ, and producer. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental styles with electronic sounds. Dede has worked in collaboration with Turkish and international musicians, such as Susheela Raman, Azam Ali, Dhafer Youssef, Sheema Mukherjee, and Hugh Marsh.

*Turkish musician (born 1966)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mercan-dede

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1966
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 80.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/mercandede (@mercandede)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637064/ (@nm1637064)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1rwDpyhfCIGcutXf9kmLkY (@1rwDpyhfCIGcutXf9kmLkY)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.mercandede.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/112760)
- [ميركان ديد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF)
- [Mərcan Dədə](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99rcan_D%C9%99d%C9%99)
- [Mercan Dede](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Mercan Dede](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Mercan Dede](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Mercan Dede](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Mercan Dede](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Mercan Dede](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede)
- [Меркан Деде](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0065f4cc-cf21-43c2-ad52-92716a579547)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1531410)
- [Mercan Dede](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1037395)

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