Metin Şentürk
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== Family life == |
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Şentürk was born in [[Topkapı, Fatih|Topkapı]] into a family with origins from [[Kosovo]].{{cite web |title=usta-sanatci-metin-senturk|url=https://www.haberler.com/usta-sanatci-metin-senturk-kimdir-kac-yasindadir-11349340-haberi/#:~:text=Metin%20%C5%9Eent%C3%BCrk%2C%2016%20May%C4%B1s%201966,de%20%C3%A7e%C5%9Fitli%20sebeplerle%20k%C3%B6r%20olmu%C5%9Ftur.|website=haberler| date=19 October 2018 |access-date=5 April 2020|language=Turkish}} He lost his eyesight in an accident at the age of three. For primary education, he attended a school for the blind over eight years. His further education in high school and university took place however at traditional institutions. Metin Şentürk studied music and graduated from the State Conservatory at [[Istanbul Technical University]].{{cite news |url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-61998 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Metin Şentürk: Seksin de gözü kördür |date=1999-02-07 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }} |
Şentürk was born in [[Topkapı, Fatih|Topkapı]] into a family with origins from [[Kosovo]].{{cite web |title=usta-sanatci-metin-senturk|url=https://www.haberler.com/usta-sanatci-metin-senturk-kimdir-kac-yasindadir-11349340-haberi/#:~:text=Metin%20%C5%9Eent%C3%BCrk%2C%2016%20May%C4%B1s%201966,de%20%C3%A7e%C5%9Fitli%20sebeplerle%20k%C3%B6r%20olmu%C5%9Ftur.|website=haberler| date=19 October 2018 |access-date=5 April 2020|language=Turkish}} He lost his eyesight in an accident at the age of three. For primary education, he attended a school for the blind for over eight years. His further education in high school and university took place however at traditional institutions. Metin Şentürk studied music and graduated from the State Conservatory at [[Istanbul Technical University]].{{cite news |url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-61998 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Metin Şentürk: Seksin de gözü kördür |date=1999-02-07 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }} |
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Şentürk is also the host of a television program on music and disability. He also founded the [[Istanbul]]-based World Disability Foundation and World Disability Union which has 200 members from six continents and 75 countries. In May 2006, he married Fulya Kalkavan, a member of a wealthy shipowner family. His wife filed for divorce in 2012 after she was diagnosed for [[thyroid cancer]].{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/14297132.asp |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Metin Şentürk, dünya rekorunu kırdı |author=Leylak, Ali |date=2012-04-02 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/20731373.asp |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Yukarıda Sevgilim Var... |date=2012-06-10 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }} |
Şentürk is also the host of a television program on music and disability. He also founded the [[Istanbul]]-based World Disability Foundation and World Disability Union which has 200 members from six continents and 75 countries. In May 2006, he married Fulya Kalkavan, a member of a wealthy shipowner family. His wife filed for divorce in 2012 after she was diagnosed for [[thyroid cancer]].{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/14297132.asp |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Metin Şentürk, dünya rekorunu kırdı |author=Leylak, Ali |date=2012-04-02 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/20731373.asp |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Yukarıda Sevgilim Var... |date=2012-06-10 |language=Turkish |access-date=2012-09-05 }} |
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Şentürk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on April 2, 2010.''NY Daily News.com [http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/04/04/2010-04-04_turkish_pop_singer_metin_senturk_becomes_worlds_fastest_unaccompanied_blind_driv.html Turkish singer, Metin Şentürk, breaks Guinness World Record for fastest unaccompanied blind driver], April 4, 2010'' He drove a [[Ferrari F430]] at [[Şanlıurfa GAP Airport]], and was assisted by rally driver [[Volkan Işık]] on radio. His officially recorded top speed was {{convert|303.62|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and average speed {{convert|292.89|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The former record was set by British visually impaired Mike Newman at {{convert|284|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. |
Şentürk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on April 2, 2010.''NY Daily News.com [http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/04/04/2010-04-04_turkish_pop_singer_metin_senturk_becomes_worlds_fastest_unaccompanied_blind_driv.html Turkish singer, Metin Şentürk, breaks Guinness World Record for fastest unaccompanied blind driver], April 4, 2010'' He drove a [[Ferrari F430]] at [[Şanlıurfa GAP Airport]], and was assisted by rally driver [[Volkan Işık]] on radio. His officially recorded top speed was {{convert|303.62|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and average speed {{convert|292.89|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The former record was set by British visually impaired Mike Newman at {{convert|284|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. |
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