Glen Bayraktar olakolu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Istanbul, she graduated from ehremini High School. After finishing high school, Glen enrolled in Istanbul Technical University and at the same time began performing at bars and later left the university. In 1995, while performing at a bar, she was discovered by a composer and made a contract with Raks Mzik for making her first studio album.Glen's debut album, Be Adam, was released in 1996, which made her known in the music industry, but she preferred to take a break from her professional career and instead focused on her marital life. In 2004, her fourth studio album Of... Of... became a hit in Turkey and a single with the same name as the album earned her both a Golden Butterfly Award and a Turkey Music Award. The M-Yap certified album Yurtta Ak Cihanda Ak and her subsequent albums had successful sales, and Beni Durdursan m? became Turkey's best-selling album of the year, followed by Bangr Bangr, which became the second best-selling album of 2015.